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sation. If there be two witnesses, let there be two ; if 
three, (let there be) three. It is proper that witnesses 
should have the clearest, strongest evidence. Then shall 
the judge request the prisoner to declare what he has to 
say. If there be a person there that knows the accused to 
be innocent, he shall give his evidence ; and if there be 
two, let there be two; if three, let there be three; they 
shall deliver all their word or evidence. If the person 
accused wishes to ask his accuser any questions, it is right 
for him to do so. He shall inquire of the judge, and the 
judge shall repeat the question to the accuser. 
4. No man shall be confined without cause. When a 
pig breaks into a garden, the owner of the pig shall not be 
bound, but information shall be given to the magistrate, 
and he shall send his messenger to bring the owner of the 
pig, that he may be tried according to Law III. The 
same course shall be adopted in all petty offences : but for 
murder, theft, rebellion, &c. and ail great crimes, it is 
proper to secure (the offender.) Let not the confinement 
be long before the person is brought to trial. One, two, 
or three days will be sufficient. Let it not be longer. 
5. When petty offences are committed, the district ma¬ 
gistrates shall try the offenders; but in all great crimes, 
the judges and the jury shall assemble in one place for the 
trial. 
6. When a man is tried by a district magistrate, and 
sentenced by him, if the person sentenced think that the 
judge has been irritated with him, and has increased his 
punishment; if (from these considerations) he shall say— 
I will go to the chief judge and the jury to be tried, it is 
right that he do so. They shall both go before the supreme 
judge and a jury, to be tried. 
7. When a man is tried, convicted, and sentenced by 
the jury and judge, he shall not be maltreated, as by beat¬ 
ing with a stick, piercing with a spear, or enduring any 
other savage practice. It shall not be practised. The 
punishment appropriate shall be adjudged. 
8. When a man is convicted of any great crime by the 
judge and the jury, and they unanimously think that he 
deserves punishment; then the judge shall write on a 
paper his crime, and his own and the jury’s decision on 
which he has been sentenced. This shall be taken to the 
king, and if the king approves of their decision, he shall 
write upon a paper brought by the judge, “ It is fully 
approved,” and write his own name underneath, then 
