Pretend your Aksionov going to write a letter of plea to the Czar. Write a lette of plea stating your case and persuading the Czar that you are not guilty.
Your honor ,
I am asking for your leniency in sentencing me and plea that your sentence be merciful. Please take into account what I am going to say as many lives are going to be touched and affected by your decision today.
As you know your Honor, I was charged with murdering and thievery. I admit that I had a tea with the merchant, then went to bed in adjoining rooms, and later on I left before dawn. The following day I was cross-questioned by two soldiers, as if I were a thief or a robber. Afterwards I learned that the merchant with whom I spent with last night has been found with his throat cut. The soldiers searched my things and found an evidence. The evidence might be strong, the blood-stained knife in my bag and having thousand of rubles. But I could hardly utter a word and and only stammered : "I don't know-- not mine, then the police ordered the soldiers to bind me and to put me in the cart.
I suppose, that these evidence aren't enough to prove me guilty. It was unfair to charge me of murdering and thievery, without having a witness that I killed the merchant. I assure you my honor, that I did not did this tragic tragedy. I'm not a kind of man who goes around doing these, It's going to look as though I'm guilty. I'm asking you to place yourself in my hands, although I know that is a difficult thing to do.
There is so much going on in my life that jail time would only further bring me down. Several people depend on me, and I need to be there for them.
I beg your Honor to please consider my letter, when you hand down your sentence. Only you have the ability to give me a second opportunity. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Ivan Dmitrich