Can anyone be proved innocent, if it be enough to have accused him?
Julian II (AD 331-363), Emperor of Rome (355-363) [Flavius Claudius Julianus; Julian the Apostate; Julian the Philosopher]
In Ammianus Marcellinus, History, Book 18
At the embezzlement trial of Numerius, governor of Gallia Narbonensis. Response to the prosecutor, Delphidius, who asked if anyone could be found guilty if they only needed to deny the charges.