BOOK VII.

CONCERNING THEFT AND FRAUD.

TITLE I.--_Concerning Informers of Theft._

I. Concerning Informers and Persons who give Information of Theft 233

II. A Slave, Acting as Informer, must not be Believed, unless the Testimony of his Master is also Given 234

III. Where the Informer Knew of the Commission of the Theft 284

IV. Concerning the Compensation of an Informer 235

V. Where an Innocent Person is Accused of Crime by an Informer 235

TITLE II.--_Concerning Thieves and Stolen Property._

I. He who is Searching for Stolen Property must Describe it 238

II. Where a Slave Commits a Theft Before or After he has Received his Freedom 238

III. Where a Slave, who has Become the Property of Another Master, Commits an Unlawful Act 238

IV. Where a Freeman Commits a Theft in Company with the Slave of Another Person 239

V. Where a Master Commits a Theft in Company with his Slave 239

VI. Where a Slave, Belonging to Another Person, is Instigated by Anyone to the Commission of Unlawful Acts 239

VII. Concerning Those who Knowingly Associate with Thieves 240

VIII. Where Anyone, Ignorantly, Buys Stolen Property of a Thief 240

IX. Where Anyone, Knowingly, Buys Stolen Property of a Thief 241

X. Concerning Money, and Other Property, Stolen from the King 241

XI. Concerning the Stealing of Bells from Cattle 241

XII. Concerning the Theft of Mill Machinery 242

XIII. Concerning the Punishment of a Thief 242

XIV. A Thief, when Taken, shall be Brought Before the Judge; and Where a Freeman Commits a Theft in Company with a Slave, Both shall Undergo the Same Penalty 242

XV. Where a Thief, Defending Himself with a Sword, is Killed 243

XVI. Where a Thief is Killed at Night, while he is Being Taken 243

XVII. Concerning Property Injured or Destroyed; and the Reparation to be Made for what has been Damaged or Stolen 243

XVIII. Concerning Property Rescued from Shipwreck 243

XIX. Concerning the Property and the Heirs of Thieves 244

XX. Concerning Those who Rescue Thieves and Other Criminals, after their Capture 244

XXI. Where a Slave Steals from his Master, or from a Fellow-Slave 245

XXII. Within what Time, after his Arrest, a Thief must be Brought Before the Judge 245

XXIII. Where Anyone Secretly Kills an Animal Belonging to Another 246

TITLE III.--_Concerning Appropriators and Kidnappers of Slaves._

I. Where Anyone Seizes the Slave of Another 247

II. Where a Freeman is Convicted of Having Stolen the Male or Female Slave of Another 247

III. Concerning Kidnapped Children of Freeborn Persons 248

IV. Where one Slave Kidnaps Another Belonging to a Person not his Master 248

V. Where a Slave, at the Command of his Master, Kidnaps a Freeborn Person 249

VI. Where a Slave, without the Knowledge of his Master, Kidnaps a Freeborn Person 249

TITLE IV.--_Concerning the Custody and Sentence of Condemned Persons._

I. Where a Judge is Asked to Punish Crime, and is Afterwards Treated with Contempt 250

II. The Governor of the City shall Aid the Judge in the Arrest of Persons Accused of Crime 250

III. Where a Person Breaks out of Prison, or Influences the Jailer for that Purpose 251

IV. Concerning the Compensation which may be Received from those in Custody 251

V. Where a Judge who is Lenient to Offenders Against the Law, Releases a Criminal 252

VI. Concerning the Punishment of a Judge who Improperly Discharges a Criminal 252

VII. A Person Guilty of Crime shall receive the Sentence of the Law not Secretly, but in Public 252

TITLE V.--_Concerning Forgers of Documents._

I. Concerning Those who Forge Royal Orders and Mandates 253

II. Concerning Those who Forge Documents, or Attempt to Forge Them 254

III. Concerning Those who Forge, or Serve, False Orders in the Name of the King, or a Judge 255

IV. Concerning Those who Falsify a Will against the Consent of a Party while Living, or Disclose the Contents of the Same 256

V. Concerning Those who Attempt to Forge, or Conceal, the Will of a Person Already Deceased 256

VI. Where Anyone Assumes a Fictitious Name, or Adopts a False Lineage or Relationship 256

VII. Concerning Documents Fraudulently Dated, Prior to their Execution 257

VIII. Concerning Later Documents Fraudulently Executed 258

IX. Concerning those who Falsely Write, or Publish, Decrees and Edicts of the King 259

TITLE VI.--_Concerning Counterfeiters of Metals._

I. Concerning the Torture of Slaves, in Order to Convict their Masters of Counterfeiting Money; and the Reward of Witnesses who have given Information of the Same 261

II. Concerning Those who Debase _Solidi_, or Other Coins 261

III. Concerning Those who Debase Gold by a Mixture of Other Metals 262

IV. Where Artificers of Metals are Found to have Abstracted a Portion of what was Entrusted to Them 262

V. No One shall Refuse to Accept a Golden _Solidus_ of Legal Weight 262