A Source Book of Mediæval History: Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance
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A Source Book of Mediæval History: Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance
Middle Ages -- Sources
=1.= If any one be summoned before the _mallus_[59] by the king's
law, and do not come, he shall be sentenced to 600 _denarii_, which
make 15 _solidi_.[60]
[Sidenote: Summonses to the meetings of the local courts]
=2.= But he who summons another, and does not come himself, if a
lawful impediment have not delayed him, shall be sentenced to 15
_solidi_, to be paid to him whom he summoned.
=3.= And he who summons another shall go with witnesses to the home
of that man, and, if he be not at home, shall enjoin the wife, or
any one of the family, to make known to him that he has been
summoned to court.
=4.= But if he be occupied in the king's service he cannot summon
him.
=5.= And if he shall be inside the hundred attending to his own
affairs, he can summon him in the manner just explained.
XI.
=1.= If any freeman steal, outside of a house, something worth 2
_denarii_, he shall be sentenced to 600 _denarii_, which make 15
_solidi_.
[Sidenote: Theft by a slave]
=2.= But if he steal, outside of a house, something worth 40
_denarii_, and it be proved on him, he shall be sentenced, besides
the amount and the fines for delay, to 1,400 _denarii_, which make
35 _solidi_.
=3.= If a freeman break into a house and steal something worth 2
_denarii_, and it be proved on him, he shall be sentenced to 15
_solidi_.
=4.= But if he shall have stolen something worth more than 5
_denarii_, and it be proved on him, he shall be sentenced, besides
the value of the object and the fines for delay, to 1,400
_denarii_, which make 35 _solidi_.
=5.= But if he shall have broken, or tampered with, the lock, and
thus have entered the house and stolen anything from it, he shall
be sentenced, besides the value of the object and the fines for
delay, to 1,800 _denarii_, which make 45 _solidi_.
=6.= And if he shall have taken nothing, or have escaped by flight,
he shall, for the housebreaking alone, be sentenced to 1,200
_denarii_, which make 30 _solidi_.
XII.
[Sidenote: Theft by a freeman]
=1.= If a slave steal, outside of a house, something worth 2
_denarii_, besides paying the value of the object and the fines for
delay, he shall be stretched out and receive 120 blows.
=2.= But if he steal something worth 40 _denarii_, he shall pay 6
_solidi_. The lord of the slave who committed the theft shall
restore to the plaintiff the value of the object and the fines for
delay.
XIV.
[Sidenote: Robbery with assault]
=1.= If any one shall have assaulted and robbed a freeman, and it
be proved on him, he shall be sentenced to 2,500 _denarii_, which
make 63 _solidi_.
=2.= If a Roman shall have robbed a Salian Frank, the above law
shall be observed.
=3.= But if a Frank shall have robbed a Roman, he shall be
sentenced to 35 _solidi_.
XV.
[Sidenote: The crime of incendiarism]
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