cum parricidii causam fratres C<l>oelii dicerent, splendido Tarracinae loco nati, quorum pater T. C<l>oelius in cubiculo quiescens, filiis altero cubantibus lecto, erat interemptus, neque aut servus quisquam aut liber inveniretur ad quem suspicio caedis pertineret, hoc uno nomine absoluti sunt, quia iudicibus planum factum est illos aperto ostio inventos esse dormientes.
The brothers Cloelii, born in a high station in Tarracina, were charged with parricide. Their father T. Cloelius had been killed when sleeping in his bedroom while his sons were lying in the other bed. Nobody either slave or free was found as a suspect to the murder. They were acquitted on one sole ground: it was made clear to the jury that when the door was opened they were found sleeping.
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