The cry for justice : an anthology of the literature of social protest -- . g these to our disadvantage. On the thirteenth day the pleadings for and againstus commenced. The Public Prosecutor closed his speechwith the words: If you do not find against the accused,you will sanction high treason for all time to come. Our counsel replied, and tore the indictment to tatters;but after two and a half hours of deliberation the jurycame in with a verdict of guilty. The PubUc Prosecutordemanded two years imprisonment in a fortress, and thecourt passed judgment accordingly. Our party friends were exceed
The cry for justice : an anthology of the literature of social protest -- . g these to our disadvantage. On the thirteenth day the pleadings for and againstus commenced. The Public Prosecutor closed his speechwith the words: If you do not find against the accused,you will sanction high treason for all time to come. Our counsel replied, and tore the indictment to tatters;but after two and a half hours of deliberation the jurycame in with a verdict of guilty. The PubUc Prosecutordemanded two years imprisonment in a fortress, and thecourt passed judgment accordingly. Our party friends were exceedingly angrj^ on hearingthe verdict and sentence; but I, feehng reckless, proposedthat we should go together to Auerbachs cellar—renderedfamous by the scene in Goethes Faust—and have a bottleof wine. Our wives, who received us vriih. tears, werenot pleased with our levity; but finally, plucky womenth^t they were, they came with us. My doctor consoledmy wife in a curious way. Frau Bebel, he said, ifyour husband gets a year in prison you may rejoice, forhe needs a rest!. ONCE YE HAVE SEEN MY 1 ACE YE DARE NOT xMOCK CARTOON FKOM TUE NEW AGE, LONDON
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