[ULPIANUS libro primo ad edictum. ] §11.4.1.prIs qui fugitiuum celauit fur est.
[ULPIAN, from the first book on the Edict.] He who has concealed a runaway slave is a thief.
§11.4.1.1Senatus censuit, ne fugitiui admittantur in saltus neque protegantur a uilicis uel procuratoribus possessorum et multam statuit: his autem, qui intra uiginti dies fugitiuos uel dominis reddidissent uel apud magistratus exhibuissent, ueniam in ante actum dedit: sed et deinceps eodem senatus consulto impunitas datur ei, qui intra praestituta tempora, quam repperit fugitiuos in agro suo, domino uel magistratibus tradiderit.
The senate resolved that runaway slaves should not be admitted into forest estates, nor protected by bailiffs or procurators of the possessors, and established a fine; but, to those who within twenty days should either restore the runaways to their masters or produce them before the magistrates, it granted pardon for the past act; but also thereafter, by the same senatusconsult, impunity is given to anyone who, within the prescribed period from when he found the runaways on his land, delivers them to the master or the magistrates.
§11.4.1.2Hoc autem senatus consultum aditum etiam dedit militi uel pagano ad inuestigandum fugitiuum in praedia senatorum uel paganorum (cui rei etiam lex Fabia prospexerat et senatus consultum Modesto consule factum), ut fugitiuos inquirere uolentibus litterae ad magistratus dentur, multa etiam centum solidorum in magistratus statuta, si litteris acceptis inquirentes non adiuuent.
Furthermore, this senatusconsult also gave access to a soldier or a civilian to search for a runaway slave on the estates of senators or civilians (for which matter the Lex Fabia also had provided, as well as the senatusconsult made in the consulship of Modestus), so that letters to the magistrates should be given to those wishing to search for runaways, and a fine of one hundred solidi was also established against the magistrates if, after receiving the letters, they do not assist the searchers.
sed et in eum, qui quaeri apud se prohibuit, eadem poena statuta.
But also against one who prevented a search on his premises, the same penalty was established.
est etiam generalis epistula diuorum Marci et Commodi, qua declaratur et praesides et magistratus et milites stationarios dominum adiuuare debere inquirendis fugitiuis, et ut inuentos redderent, et ut hi, apud quos delitescant, puniantur, si crimine contingantur.
There is also a general letter of the deified Marcus and Commodus, by which it is declared that governors, magistrates, and stationary soldiers ought to assist the master in searching for runaways, and that they should restore them when found, and that those with whom they hide should be punished, if they are touched by the crime.
§11.4.1.3Unusquisque eorum, qui fugitiuum adpraehendit, in publicum deducere debet.
Everyone of those who apprehends a runaway slave ought to bring him to a public authority.
§11.4.1.4Et merito monentur magistratus eos diligenter custodire, ne euadant.
And the magistrates are with good reason advised to guard them diligently, lest they escape.
§11.4.1.5Fugitiuum accipe et si quis erro sit.
Understand "runaway slave" to include also anyone who is a wanderer.
fugitiui autem appellatione ex fugitiua natum non contineri Labeo libro primo ad edictum scribit.
But Labeo writes in the first book on the Edict that the child born of a runaway female slave is not included under the designation of runaway.
§11.4.1.6In publicum deduci intelleguntur qui magistratibus municipalibus traditi sunt uel publicis ministeriis.
Those are understood to be "brought to a public authority" who have been delivered to municipal magistrates or to public servants.
§11.4.1.7Diligens custodia etiam uincire permittit.
Diligent guard also permits binding them.
§11.4.1.8Tamdiu autem custodiuntur, quamdiu ad praefectum uigilum uel ad praesidem deducantur.
Furthermore, they are guarded so long until they are brought to the prefect of the watch or to the governor.
§11.4.1.8aEorumque nomina et notae et cuius se quis esse dicat ad magistratus deferantur, ut facilius adgnosci et percipi fugitiui possint (notae autem uerbo etiam cicatrices continentur): idem iuris est, si haec in scriptis publice uel in aedes proponas.
And their names, distinguishing marks, and whose slave each one claims to be, should be reported to the magistrates, so that the runaways can be more easily recognized and recovered (moreover, by the word "marks," scars also are included); the same rule of law applies if you post these in writing publicly or on buildings.