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JELEBU CTSTOMABY SONGS AND SAYINGS. 



and differ- 

 ent punish- 

 ments im- 

 posed by 

 different 

 officers. 



The raja's 

 power is 

 almost un- 

 limited. 



Crimes 

 against 

 custom 

 are — 



and certain 

 evidence 

 admittedly 

 conclusive. 



The penal- 

 ties for 

 wounding 

 and for 

 homicide. 



Tali pengikat dari-pacla lembaga, 

 Keris penyalang dari-pada undang, 

 Pedang memanchong dari-pada keadilan. 

 Tikam ta' bertanya, 

 Panchono- ta' berkhabar. 



Hukuman raja 

 Enam-puloh enam kupang, 

 Tujoh tahil, sa-paha, 

 Sa-kendi, sa-kenderi, 

 Sa-isi lesong pesok, 

 Sa-rnas bnloh telang, 

 Sa-kochong lengan bajn. 1 



Dahaga dahagi, 2 

 vSunnbang, salah, 3 

 Kebut, rampas, 

 Siar, bakar, 

 Maling, churi, 

 'Kichang, kichoh, 4 

 Upas, 5 rachun, 

 Tikam, bunoh/ 

 Samun, sakal, — ■ 

 Pantang ka-pada adat. 



Upas rachun, sisa makan. 



Chinchang pampas ; T bunoh beri balas, 

 A Dak di-panggil makan, 

 Anak buah di-sorono - "kan balas. 8 



i In Muar the following lines are added: — 

 Sa-gantang ulang-aling, 

 Sa-peting tali oajak. 



2 "Opposition to and uproar against constituted authority" 

 — Willinek, p. 847 and Van der Toorn's ' ' Woordenboek. " Der- 

 haka chelaka, which often precedes this line in N. S. is a 

 paraphrase of it. 



3 Salah = sesalahan "fornication" and is reckoned constant- 

 ly as a separate crime in Minangkabau lists of salah dua-puloh. 



4 Kinchang and Tcichang both occur: v. Van der Toorn's 

 "Woordenboek." For kichong some Minangkabau MSS. read 

 lanchong and explain it as including "embezzlement" unlike 

 Tcichoh which means all other forms of ' ' swindling. ' ' 



• r > Upas = drugging with intent to render senseless but not to 

 kill. 



G Bunoh embraces wilful murder, culpable homicide, and 

 accidental homicide. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



