[IDEM libro quinto de cognitionibus. ] §48.19.27.prDiui fratres Arruntio Siloni rescripserunt non solere praesides prouinciarum ea quae pronuntiauerunt ipsos rescindere.
[THE SAME, from the fifth book on Extraordinary Trials.] divine brothers replied by rescript to Arruntius Silo that governors of provinces are not accustomed to rescind themselves what they have pronounced.
Uetinae quoque Italicensi rescripserunt suam mutare sententiam neminem posse idque insolitum esse fieri.
They also replied by rescript to Uetina of Italica that no one can change his own decision and that it is unusual for this to be done.
si tamen de se quis mentitus fuerit uel, cum non haberet probationum instrumenta, quae postea reppererit, poena adflictus sit, nonnulla exstant principalia rescripta, quibus uel poena eorum minuta est uel in integrum restitutio concessa. sed id dumtaxat a principibus fieri potest.
If, however, anyone has lied about himself or, because he did not have the documentary proofs which he afterwards found, has been afflicted with a punishment, there exist several imperial rescripts by which either their punishment was mitigated or restoration to their former status was granted.
§48.19.27.1De decurionibus et principalibus ciuitatium, qui capitale admiserunt, mandatis cauetur, ut, si quis id admississe uideatur, propter quod relegandus extra prouinciam in insulam sit, imperatori scribatur adiecta sententia a praeside. §48.19.27.2Alio quoque capite mandatorum in haec uerba cauetur: 'Si qui ex principalibus alicuius ciuitatis latrocinium fecerint aliudue quod facinus, ut capitalem poenam meruisse uideantur, commiserint, uinctos eos custodies et mihi scribes et adicies, quid quisque commiserit'.
But this can only be done by the emperors. decurions and the leading citizens of municipalities who have committed a capital crime, it is provided in the instructions that, if anyone appears to have committed that for which he ought to be relegated to an island outside the province, a report must be written to the emperor with the sentence added by the governor. another chapter of the instructions, it is also provided in these words: "If any of the leading citizens of any municipality commit robbery or any other crime so that they appear to have deserved capital punishment, you shall keep them in chains, write to me, and add what each one has committed."