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74 THE BURGUNDIAN CODE 1. However often a slave is accused of crime and however often it is necessary that he be handed over to the judge under a warrant, this procedure in holding an examination shall be observed, namely, that the value of the slave shall be paid to his master; and if the slave has confessed under torture the crime of which he has been accused, let the solidi which were put up as the value of the slave be paid back to the accusing parties, and let the slave be condemned to a deserved death. After this has been done, let the master of the criminal slave make restitution in fee simple by law to him who lost the property so that he may be without loss. 2. Indeed if he has been placed under torture and has not been convikted and has not confessed, let the master retain the money paid as the slave's price; and let him receive back the innocent slave. 3. We have found through the statements of many persons what customs and procedure have been observed among our people heretofore, namely, that (an equal) contribution by each party should constitute the reward which is promised and paid for evidence in any theft or crime. And therefore it seems right that when the existing inapplicable law has been removed, if a native freeman is convicted on charges of this kind, let him sustain the entire expense for the penalty and evidence according to law. Thus we may act without prejudice to previous laws which have been established for repressing the crimes of slaves. I. Upon careful consideration of these matters, we have established that if a father shall have divided his allotment (sors) with his sons and afterward it happens a son dies childless while his father is still living, the father may claim the use of the entire 1 C f .VII. ...

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