the trial

this is another good hisoria

THE TRIAL

An old legend says that in the middle ages a very virtuous man was unjustly accused of murder. The culprit was a very influential person in the kingdom, and so from the outset sought to find a scapegoat to cover it up.

The man was taken to trial and realized he would have little chance of escaping the gallows. The judge, though he was also in league, was careful to keep all the appearances of a fair trial. So he said to the defendant:

Knowing your fame of righteous man, I will leave your fate in the hands of God: I will write the words 'guilty' and 'innocent' in two separate roles. You choose, and will be Providence who decides your fate.

Of course, the perverse official had prepared two papers with the same legend: guilty. The victim, even without knowing the details, realized that the system was a trap. When the judge ordered him to take one of the roles, the man took a deep breath and remained silent for a few seconds with eyes closed. When the hall was beginning to get impatient, opened his eyes and, with a smile, took one of the papers, put it to his mouth and swallowed it quickly. Shocked and outraged, the present reproached.

But what has he done? Now how the hell can we know the verdict?

It's simple, replied the man. It's a matter of reading the paper remaining, and know what he said which I swallowed.

With Mumbles and a badly-disguised anger, they freed the accused