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They didn't work very hard on this one; it's open and shut. He's mostly only doing the ones that have at least some complexity to them - let the new associates have some time in court, when there's dozens of people to hang in one weekend - but this one's a delegate, so here he is. No showmanship today. This isn't for a crowd, this is to get some murderers done away with.
"Honored Magistrate. The defendant, Livi Barro, is a delegate here for the Constitutional Convention. He was offended by the conduct of some other delegates to the convention, and so when he heard that violence was breaking out in the streets of Westcrown he decided to get a mob together to go and murder them in their homes. He approached the delegates, killed one with a knife, confessed as much to the guard when they took him in, and confessed again in questioning" after being assured that of course no reasonable court would hang him for murder if the victim was a slip. "The prosecution presents to the court the confession of a co-conspirator, taken into custody after Barro's interrogation and verified by truth spell."
It was Barro's idea. We were talking about if it was true, that the convention was full of diabolists, and he said it was full of diabolist slips and he knew where to find 'em. And he led the way right to them. We were just doing what he said, it was all his idea. I figured he'd know if there were diabolists slips, with how he was a Delegate and everything. We got to them and tried to kill them all, but some got away. I don't think they belonged to anyone, I wouldn't've gone and killed slips that belonged to someone.
"And the prosecution presents to the court one witness, a delegate Alonso, murdered by the defendant. Witness, do you swear before the gods of Good and Law, and before this court, and before your Queen, that every word of your testimony is true, and that your honesty before this court may be verified by magic, should any call it into question?"
