Name all the people who are tried in the king’s court, and give the reasons for their trial.

When the thief was carrying out his loot, the merchant’s wall collapsed and the thief died. The thief’s brother complained to the king that it was the merchant’s fault that he had built a weak wall because of which his brother died. The merchant put the blame on the person who built the wall. The man put the blame on a girl who danced up and down the street when he was building the wall. She further blamed the goldsmith who didn’t complete her order in time and made her walk up and down his house a dozen times. When the goldsmith was called he blamed the rich merchant’s father who made the goldsmith make jewellery for his family first.


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