^ S W M A T K A. 
If a man kills or wounds hU wife by femundCf he pays t^e fame a^^for 
_ a llrangtr. ^ 
If a man wounds his wife by jo&jc^r^ flight ly, he pays one Hal or 
two dollars. i» , i* 
If a man wounds his^ife by joojoor, with a weapon, and an apparent 
intention of killing her, he pays a fine of twenty dollars* 
If the tallee ksoko (tie of relarionflilp) is broken, the wife's fariiUy can 
no longer claim bangoon or fine : they revert to the proatteens, 
If a paoibarab wounds his wife by joojoor, he pays five dollars and a 
goat. 
If a pambarab's daughter, married by joojoor, is wounded by her 
hufband, he pays five dollars and a goat. 
" For a wound occafioning the lofs of an e3^e or limbj or imminent dan- 
ger of death, half the bangoon is to be paid, 
** Tor a w^ound on the head, the fampay or compenfation is twenty 
dollars. 
** For other wounds, the pampay from twenty dollars upwards. 
If a perlbn is carried off and fold beyond the bills, the offender, if 
convLfted, muft pay the bangoon. If the perfon has been recovered 
previous to the trial, the offender pays half the bangoon. 
*« If a man kills his brother, he pays to the proatteens the ttppong hoome* 
*< If a wife kills her hufband flie muft fuffer death. 
** If a wife by femmdo wounds her hufband, her relations muft pay, 
what they would receive, if he wounded her. 
Debts and Credits. 
" On the death of a perfon in debt (unlefe he die an outlaw, or married 
by amhil ma) his neareft relation becomes accountable to the cre- 
ditors. 
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