non magis quam Cato sine libertate: nam cum in senatorem nocentem et infamem reum iudex sedisset, tabellaeque Cn. Pompeii laudationem eius continentes prolatae essent, procul dubio efficaces futurae pro noxio, summovit eas e quaestione legem recitando, qua cautum erat ne senatoribus tali auxilio uti liceret.
No more than Cato without freedom. He was sitting on a jury trying a guilty senator and an infamous defendant. Tablets had been produced containing a testimonial by Cn. Pompeius which would doubtless have proved effective in favour of the offender. But Cato removed them from the case, reciting a law which prohibited the use of such assistance by senators.
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