Plevako Chapter 1
In this note I'll tell you about the brilliant historical person and the famous Russian lawyer Fyodor Nikiforovich Plevako (Федор Никифорович Плевако). Plevako was born in 1842 and died in 1909.
The Case about The Priest Who Was Blamed in Larceny
One Russian priest had stole the church money. Plevako concluded a bet with manufacturer Morozov about this case. Lawyer had gave the promise to acquit the thief in the court session per one minute!
The court session had started. The fault was completely proved. Priest had admitted himself. All the witnesses was against him. Public prosecutor delivered a strong speech. All this time Plevako had sat and kept silent. He had even didn't asked no questions for the witnesses. Then he had got up and adressed to the jury with sincere words "Misters jurors! More than twenty years my client is gives absolution of yours. Only one time let's do the same thing for him!"
The priest had been completely justified.
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Plevako Chapter 1
In this note I'll tell you about the brilliant historical person and the famous Russian lawyer Fyodor Nikiforovich Plevako (Федор Никифорович Плевако). Plevako was born in 1842 and died in 1909.
The Case about The Priest Who Was Blamed for Larceny
A Russian priest had stolen the church's money. Plevako made a bet with the manufacturer Morozov about this case. The lawyer had gave the promised to have the thief aquitted in the court session in one minute!
The court session had started. The blame was completely proven. The priest had admitted he had done it. All the witnesses were against him. The public prosecutor delivered a strong speech. All this time Plevako had sat and kept silent. He had not even asked a question to the witnesses. Then he had got up and addressed to the jury with sincere words "Mister jurors! For more than twenty years my client has given you absolution for your sins. Only one time let's do the same thing for him!"
The priest was had been completely exonerated.
Nice story. Perhaps you overuse past past participle a bit, but that is normal.
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Plevako Chapter 1
In this note I'll tell you about the brilliant historical person and the famous Russian lawyer Fyodor Nikiforovich Plevako (Федор Никифорович Плевако). Plevako was born in 1842 and died in 1909.
The Case about The Priest Who Was Blamed in Larceny
А Russian priest had stolen the church's money. Plevako made a bet with manufacturer Morozov about this case. The lawyer made a promise to acquit the thief in the court session in one minute!
The court session started, the fault was completely proven, and the Priest admitted himself. All of the witnesses were against him. The public prosecutor delivered a strong speech. All this time Plevako sat and kept silent, he had not even asked the witness any questions. Then he got up and adressed the jury with sincere words "Misters jurors! More than twenty years my client gives absolution of yours. Only one time let's do the same thing for him!"
The priest was completely justified.
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