Where any person injures a tomb; or robs a corpse; or strips it of any ornaments or clothing; if he should be freeborn, he shall be compelled to pay a pound of gold to the heirs of the deceased, and to restore the stolen property. Where there are no heirs, he shall pay the above-named sum to the royal treasury, and shall receive in addition a hundred lashes. If a slave should commit this crime, he shall receive two hundred lashes; shall be put to death by fire; and whatever he stole shall be returned. =II. Where a Coffin is Removed from a Grave.= If anyone should steal the coffin of a dead person, for any purpose of his own, he shall be forced, by order of the judge, to pay twelve _solidi_ to the heirs of the deceased. If, however, a slave should commit this offence under the direction of his master, his master shall at once render satisfaction for his act. Should a slave do this of his own accord, he shall receive a hundred lashes, and shall restore to the place, and to the body of the deceased, whatever he took therefrom. TITLE III. CONCERNING MERCHANTS WHO COME FROM BEYOND SEAS. =I.= _Where Foreign Merchants are Detected Selling Stolen Property._ =II.= _Foreign Merchants shall be Judged by their own Magistrates, and According to their own Laws._ =III.= _Where a Foreign Merchant Carries Away with him, from our Kingdom, a Person whom he has Hired._ =IV.= _Where a Foreign Merchant takes Away a Slave for Purposes of Commerce._ =I. Where Foreign Merchants are Detected Selling Stolen Property.= Where any foreign merchant sells gold, silver, clothing, or ornaments of any description, for a fair price, to any of our subjects, and said property should afterwards prove to have been stolen, the purchaser shall incur no liability therefor. =II. Foreign Merchants shall be Judged by their own Magistrates, and According to their own Laws.= When any legal cause of action arises between foreign merchants, it shall not be heard by any of our judges, but by their own, and it shall be decided according to their own laws.[52] =III. Where a Foreign Merchant Carries Away with him, from our Kingdom, a Person whom he has Hired.= No foreign merchant shall dare to remove, to his own country, a person hired by him, and who belongs to our kingdom. Whoever attempts to do so, shall pay a pound of gold to the royal treasury, and shall receive a hundred lashes in addition. =IV. Where a Foreign Merchant takes Away a Slave for Purposes of Commerce.= If any foreign merchant should take away with him, a slave belonging to our kingdom, for the purpose of conveying his merchandise, he shall pay three _solidi_ a year for his services; and, at the termination of his contract, shall restore said slave to his master. BOOK XII. CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF OFFICIAL OPPRESSION, AND THE THOROUGH EXTINCTION OF HERETICAL SECTS.