The accused himself would be hot to eliminate his accuser.
Mowbray denied it, ment of and challenged his accuser to a judicial duel.
Although their accuser eventually retracted his statements, the damage was done.
A repentant Athelstan did " seven years ' penance, he inflicted severe vengeance on the accuser of his brother.
Once Madame Roland appeared personally in the Assembly to repel the falsehoods of an accuser, and her ease and dignity evoked enthusiasm and compelled acquittal.
