Full Idea
There are some occasions when both prosecution and defence should positively suppress the facts in favour of probability, if the facts are improbable.
Gist of Idea
If the apparent facts strongly conflict with probability, it is in everyone's interests to suppress the facts
Source
Plato (Phaedrus [c.368 BCE], 272e)
Book Reference
Plato: 'Phaedrus and Letters VII and VIII', ed/tr. Hamilton,Walter [Penguin 1973], p.93
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