15. In the case of all other thieves caught in the act [it is ordained] that freemen be scourged and be adjudged [as bondsmen] to the person against whom the theft has been committed, provided that they had done this by day and had not defended themselves with a weapon; that slaves caught in the act of theft be whipped with scourges and be thrown from the rock;[48] that boys below the age of puberty (under 15 years old) be flogged at [the magistrate's] discretion and that damage done by them be repaired. 16. Thefts which have been discovered through [use of] platter and loincloth [shall be punished just as if the culprits had been caught in the act]. For cases of stolen goods discovered (_furtum conceptum_) [by other means than by platter and loincloth] or introduced (_furtum oblatum_) the penalty is triple [damages].[49] 17. If a person plead on case of theft, in which [the thief] shall not be caught in the act, [the thief] shall compound for the loss by [paying] double [damages].[50] 18. A stolen thing is debarred from prescription (_usucapio_).[51] 19. No person shall practise usury at a rate of more than one-twelfth[52] ... [if he do,] a usurer shall be condemned for quadruple [damages]. 20. In a suit concerning an article deposited [with a person who has failed to return the article] legal action (_actio_) for double [damages is granted]. 21. [If] guardians (_tutor et curator_) [be suspected of mal-administration, there is] the right to accuse [them] on suspicion ... the legal action (_actio_) against guardians (tutor) [shall be] for double [damages]. 22. If a patron (_patronus_) shall have defrauded a client (_cliens_), he shall be forfeited solemnly (_sacer_).[53] 23. Whoever shall have allowed himself to be called as a witness or shall have been a scales-bearer (_libripens_),[54] if he [as a witness] pronounce not his testimony, he shall be dishonored and incapable of giving evidence (_intestabilis_). 24. The penalty for false testimonies [is] that any person who has been convicted of speaking false witness [shall be] precipitated from the Tarpeian Rock. 25. If a weapon has sped from one's hand rather than [if the wielder] has hurled [it, ... he shall atone for the accidental deed by providing] the substitution of a ram [as a peace-offering to prevent blood-revenge]. 26. [For administering] a noxious drug ... 27. No person shall hold nocturnal meetings in the city. 28. Members of guilds have the power to make for themselves any binding rule which they may wish, provided that they violate nothing in accordance with public law (_publica lex_). TABLE IX. PUBLIC LAW 1. Laws of personal exception (_privilegium_)[55] shall not be proposed. 2. [Laws] concerning the person (_caput_)[56] of a citizen shall not be passed except by the greatest assembly (_maximus comitiatus_)[57] and through those whom they (the consuls)[58] have placed upon the registers of the citizenry.