Japan -- History; Japan -- Politics and government
65. In cases of persons professing San cho ha (three birds) Foosjiu
(not take), Foossay (not give), they are to be transported. What these
may mean it is difficult to find out; but possibly they are names for
some form of religion, either Christianity or Mohammedanism.
66. No one is allowed to introduce new forms of religion or new gods
into the country. If they do so, they are to be banished from villages.
67. In cases of suicide the officers must be informed. If they are
privately buried with Buddhist burial, both priests and friends shall
be punished.
68. Mikassa, Bakuji and Mujing, different kinds of gambling, are to be
severely punished.
69. Slight cases of theft are to be punished by flogging and banishment
from towns and villages. In more serious cases of theft, the criminals
are first to be carried through Yedo publicly, and then are to be
beheaded.
70. In reference to buyers and receivers of stolen goods.
71. As to those who engage in a trade without belonging to one of the
guilds.
72. As to informers.
73. What steps are to be taken as to persons falling down dead in the
streets.
74. As to things lost.
75. As to accomplices, or persons who indirectly assist criminals to
escape.
76. Forgers are to be beheaded.
77. As to putters-up of seditious placards on the walls.
78. What is to be done with a man who (as is sometimes done in Yedo),
on meeting a respectable man, suddenly accuses him of striking him, or
says he is married to his daughter, or gets up some story to extort
money from him.
79. In cases when a man is the indirect cause of loss to another--as by
coming too late, and so loss is sustained. This is a crime, though the
loss may be small.
80. Men who give false statements to officers.
81. As to false money, poison, false medicines, and false weights.
82. As to setting a house on fire by mistake.
83. An incendiary is to be burned to death.
84. A reward to be given to the man who detects him.
85. As to murder of different kinds. In cases of accidental death, a
fine is to be levied on the homicide. It is said to be a common custom
in Japan to compound for crime by paying relatives and bribing officers.
86. When a man kills another in self-defense.
87. If a man kill another by accident, as by a rifle-ball, he is to
be transported; but if it is done in a military school, he is not
punished. If a working man kills another by accident, he is banished
from towns and villages.
88. If a man is angry with another for marrying a girl he is in love
with, and breaks in the door and causes a disturbance.
89. If a man is drunk and angry, and breaks some article of value, the
punishment is to be light; but if several are together, they are to be
punished severely.
90. If, when drunk, he kills a man by accident, he is not to be
severely punished.
91. If a man recovers from sickness and refuses to pay his doctor.
92. As to offenses committed by mad persons.
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