Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Justice and His Accuser

Congress and the People

The Highwayman and the Traveller

The Justice and His Accuser

AN eminent Justice of the Supreme Court of Patagascar was accused of having obtained his appointment by fraud.

"You wander," he said to the Accuser; "it is of little importance how I obtained my power; it is only important how I have used it."

"I confess," said the Accuser, "that in comparison with the rascally way in which you have conducted yourself on the Bench, the rascally way in which you got there does seem rather a trifle."

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Congress and the People

The Highwayman and the Traveller