[IDEM libro quinto sententiarum. ] §48.19.38.prSi quis aliquid ex metallo principis uel ex moneta sacra furatus sit, poena metalli et exilii punitur.
[THE SAME, from the Fifth Book of Opinions.] If anyone steals anything from the Emperor's mines or from the sacred mint, he shall be punished with the penalty of the mines and exile.
§48.19.38.1Transfugae ad hostes uel consiliorum nostrorum renuntiatores aut uiui exuruntur aut furcae suspenduntur.
Deserters to the enemy, or those who betray our counsels, are either burned alive or hanged on a gibbet.
§48.19.38.2Actores seditionis et tumultus populo concitato pro qualitate dignitatis aut in furcam tolluntur aut bestiis obiciuntur aut in insulam deportantur.
The instigators of sedition and tumult, who stir up the people, are, according to the quality of their rank, either raised on a gibbet, thrown to wild beasts, or deported to an island.
§48.19.38.3Qui nondum uiripotentes uirgines corrumpunt, humiliores in metallum damnantur, honestiores in insulam relegantur aut in exilium mittuntur.
Those who corrupt virgins not yet of marriageable age are condemned to the mines if they are of lower status, or relegated to an island or sent into exile if they are of higher status.
§48.19.38.4Qui se suis nummis redemptum non probauerit, libertatem petere non potest: amplius eidem domino sub poena uinculorum redditur uel, si ipse dominus malit, in metallum damnatur.
He who does not prove that he was redeemed with his own money cannot petition for freedom; furthermore, he is returned to the same master under the penalty of chains, or, if the master himself prefers, he is condemned to the mines.
§48.19.38.5Qui abortionis aut amatorium poculum dant, etsi dolo non faciant, tamen quia mali exempli res est, humiliores in metallum, honestiores in insulam amissa parte bonorum relegantur.
Those who administer abortifacients or love potions, even if they do not do so with malicious intent, yet because it is a matter of bad example, are relegated: those of lower status to the mines, those of higher status to an island with the loss of a portion of their goods.
quod si eo mulier aut homo perierit, summo supplicio adficiuntur.
But if a woman or a man dies from it, they are punished with the supreme penalty.
§48.19.38.6Testamentum, quod nullo iure ualet, impune supprimitur: nihil est enim, quod ex eo aut petatur aut consistere possit.
A will which is valid under no law may be suppressed with impunity; for there is nothing that can be claimed under it or can stand.
§48.19.38.7Qui uiui testamentum aperuerit recitauerit resignauerit, poena Corneliae tenetur: et plerumque humiliores aut in metallum damnantur aut honestiores in insulam deportantur.
He who opens, reads, or unseals the will of a living person is liable under the Cornelia Law; and generally those of lower status are condemned to the mines, or those of higher status are deported to an island.
§48.19.38.8Si quis instrumentum litis suae a procuratore aduersario proditum esse conuicerit, procurator si humilior sit, in metallum damnatur, si honestior, adempta parte bonorum dimidia in perpetuum relegatur.
If anyone proves that the documents of his lawsuit have been betrayed to his adversary by his procurator, the procurator, if he is of lower status, is condemned to the mines; if of higher status, he is relegated forever with the loss of half his goods.
§48.19.38.9Instrumenta penes se deposita quicumque alteri altero absente reddiderit uel aduersario prodiderit: personae condicio est, aut in metallum damnatur aut in insulam deportatur.
Whoever returns documents deposited in his custody to one party in the absence of the other, or betrays them to the adversary, is, according to the condition of his person, either condemned to the mines or deported to an island.
§48.19.38.10Iudices pedanei si pecunia corrupti dicantur, plerumque a praeside aut curia summouentur aut in exilium mittuntur aut ad tempus relegantur.
If pedanean judges are said to have been corrupted by money, they are generally removed by the governor from the curia, or sent into exile, or relegated for a time.
§48.19.38.11Miles, qui ex carcere dato gladio erupit, poena capitis punitur.
A soldier who escapes from prison, having been given a sword, is punished with death.
eadem poena tenetur et qui cum eo, quem custodiebat, deseruit.
The same penalty applies to him who deserts with the person whom he was guarding.
§48.19.38.12Miles, qui sibi manus intulit nec factum peregit, nisi inpatientia doloris aut morbi luctusue alicuius uel alia causa fecerit, capite puniendus est: alias cum ignominia mittendus est.
A soldier who lays hands on himself but does not complete the act, unless he did so from inability to endure pain, disease, grief, or some other cause, must be punished with death; otherwise, he must be discharged with ignominy.