It is also provided by this law, that if a slave and a freeman, or several slaves and several freemen, should, while together, steal any animal, or any other article of property, they shall make but one compensation for the same; that is to say, freemen shall pay half of its ninefold value, and slaves half of its sixfold value; but they all shall receive the same number of lashes as hereinbefore provided. The aforesaid provision shall also be observed in the cases of slaves and freemen, where property of great value was stolen, and they shall be scourged before the judge as hereinbefore stated. =ANCIENT LAW.= =XV. Where a Thief, Defending Himself with a Sword, is Killed.= If a thief should be killed in the daytime, while defending himself with a sword, no responsibility shall attach to anyone on account of his death. =ANCIENT LAW.= =XVI. Where a Thief is Killed at Night, while he is Being Taken.= If a thief should be surprised at night, and should be killed while he is attempting to remove stolen property, his death shall under no circumstances be punished. =ANCIENT LAW.= =XVII. Concerning Property Injured or Destroyed; and the Reparation to be Made for what has been Damaged or Stolen.= Where anyone damages property or clothing belonging to another, or does any injury to a traveller while on a journey, or deprives him of anything by stealth, he shall immediately give satisfaction according to law; but shall not be compelled to pay the full value of the baggage of the traveller, but only an amount equal to what he damaged, or stole from him. =ANCIENT LAW.= =XVIII. Concerning Property Rescued from Shipwreck.= Where property has been saved from conflagration, ruin, or shipwreck, and any of it is abstracted or concealed by any person; he shall be compelled to pay fourfold the value of the same. =ANCIENT LAW.= =XIX. Concerning the Property and the Heirs of Thieves.= Where anyone obtains the property of a dead thief, either by will or inheritance, he shall not be liable to any penalty, because the crime died with the perpetrator; but he shall be liable to satisfaction in damages, for the reason that the thief would have been so liable, had he lived. If the damages incurred amount to more than the inheritance, he must surrender the latter in its entirety. =ANCIENT LAW.= =XX. Concerning Those who Rescue Thieves and Other Criminals after their Capture.=