I am amused, Socrates, at your making a distinction between one who is a relation and one who is not a relation; for surely the crime is the same in either case, if you knowingly associate with the murderer when you ought to clear yourself and him by prosecuting him. The real question is whether the murdered man has been justly slain. If justly, then your duty is to leave the matter alone; but if unjustly, then even if the murderer lives under the same roof with you and eats at the same table, prosecute him.