If one slave should steal another, who is the property of another master, without the knowledge of his own master, he shall receive a hundred and fifty lashes in the presence of the judge, and the kidnapped slave shall be restored to his master. And he whose slave was stolen shall not be entitled to demand a reward from the master of the kidnapper for the capture of the kidnapped slave. If, however, the slave who was kidnapped should not be found, the master of the kidnapper shall be compelled by the judge to give another slave of equal value, or the kidnapper himself, up to him whose slave was stolen; to serve until such time as his own slave shall be restored to him, when the other slave shall be returned to his master. =ANCIENT LAW.= =V. Where a Slave, at the Command of his Master, Kidnaps a Freeborn Person.= If a slave, by order of his master, should kidnap a freeborn person, the master shall be liable for such satisfaction in damages as has been elsewhere provided in the case of freeborn persons, and shall receive a hundred lashes in public; but the slave himself shall incur no penalty, having acted under the command of his master. =VI. Where a Slave, without the Knowledge of his Master, Kidnaps a Freeborn Person.= If a slave, without the knowledge of his master, should kidnap a freeborn person, he shall be delivered up, without delay, to the parents of said person, to be disposed of absolutely at their pleasure. If, however, the kidnapped person should be brought back, and the master should desire to give satisfaction for the act of his slave; he shall pay a pound of gold, as compensation for the injury inflicted upon said freeborn person.[40] 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._ =II.= _The Governor of the City shall Aid the Judge in the Arrest of Persons Accused of Crime._ =III.= _Where a Person Breaks out of Prison, or Influences the Jailer for that Purpose._ =IV.= _Concerning the Compensation which may be Received from those in Custody._ =V.= _Where a Judge who is Lenient to Offenders against the Law, Releases a Criminal._ =VI.= _Concerning the Punishment of a Judge who Improperly Discharges a Criminal._ =VII.= _A Person Guilty of Crime shall Receive the Sentence of the Law not Secretly, but in Public._ =THE GLORIOUS FLAVIUS RECESVINTUS, KING.= =I. Where a Judge is Asked to Punish Crime, and is afterwards Treated with Contempt.=