FIRST LAWYER. That does not affect witnesses and a confession.

JEPPE. Oh, if they would only go for each other's throats, then I
could set upon the judge and give him such a beating he would forget
both law and procedure.

SECOND LAWYER. But listen, worthy colleague! Although the deed is
confessed, the man has deserved no punishment, for he did no murder
nor robbery nor harm of any kind while on the premises.

FIRST LAWYER. That makes no difference! Intentio furandi is the same
as furtum.

JEPPE. Talk Danish, you black hound! Then I can answer for myself.

FIRST LAWYER. For when a man is taken, whether he was about to steal
or had already stolen, he is a thief.

JEPPE. Gracious judge! I am perfectly willing to be hanged if that
attorney can be hanged alongside of me.

SECOND LAWYER. Stop talking like that, Jeppe! You are merely
injuring your own case.

JEPPE. Then why don't you answer him? [Aside.] He stands like a dumb
beast.

SECOND LAWYER. But wherein is proof of furandi propositum?

FIRST LAWYER. Quicunque; in aedes alienas noctu irrumpit tanquam fur