[MARCIANUS libro quarto decimo institutionum. ] §48.8.3.prEiusdem legis Corneliae de sicariis et ueneficis capite quinto, qui uenenum necandi hominis causa fecerit uel uendiderit uel habuerit, plectitur.
[MARCIANUS, Institutes, Book 14] By the fifth chapter of the same Cornelian law on assassins and poisoners, anyone who makes, sells, or possesses poison for the purpose of killing a human being is punished.
§48.8.3.1Eiusdem legis poena adficitur, qui in publicum mala medicamenta uendiderit uel hominis necandi causa habuerit.
Anyone who sells harmful drugs to the public, or possesses them for the purpose of killing a human being, is subject to the penalty of the same law.
§48.8.3.2Adiectio autem ista 'ueneni mali' ostendit esse quaedam et non mala uenena.
However, this addition of "harmful drug" shows that there are some drugs that are not harmful.
ergo nomen medium est et tam id, quod ad sanandum, quam id, quod ad occidendum paratum est, continet, sed et id quod amatorium appellatur: sed hoc solum notatur in ea lege, quod hominis necandi causa habet.
Therefore, the word is neutral and includes both what is prepared for healing and what is prepared for killing, as well as what is called a love potion. But only that which is possessed for the purpose of killing a human being is marked out for punishment in that law.
sed ex senatus consulto relegari iussa est ea, quae non quidem malo animo, sed malo exemplo medicamentum ad conceptionem dedit, ex quo ea quae acceperat decesserit.
Nevertheless, by a decree of the senate, a woman was ordered to be relegated who, not indeed with evil intent, but by way of a bad example, gave a drug for conception, as a result of which the woman who had taken it died.
§48.8.3.3Alio senatus consulto effectum est, ut pigmentarii, si cui temere cicutam salamandram aconitum pituocampas aut bubrostim mandragoram et id, quod lustramenti causa dederit cantharidas, poena teneantur huius legis.
By another decree of the senate, it was enacted that druggists should be liable to the penalty of this law if they recklessly supply anyone with hemlock, salamander, aconite, pine-caterpillars, or bubrostis, mandragora, and Spanish fly which they might give for the purpose of purification.
§48.8.3.4Item is, cuius familia sciente eo apiscendae reciperandae possessionis causa arma sumpserit: item qui auctor seditionis fuerit: et qui naufragium suppresserit: et qui falsa indicia confessus fuerit confitendaue curauerit, quo quis innocens circumueniretur: et qui hominem libidinis uel promercii causa castrauerit, ex senatus consulto poena legis Corneliae punitur.
Likewise, anyone who, with his knowledge, has a household of slaves that takes up arms for the purpose of acquiring or recovering possession; likewise, one who is the leader of a sedition; and one who suppresses shipwrecked goods; and one who makes false confessions or arranges for them to be made, in order that an innocent person might be circumvented; and one who castrates a human being for the sake of lust or gain, is punished under the penalty of the Cornelian law by a decree of the senate.
§48.8.3.5Legis Corneliae de sicariis et ueneficis poena insulae deportatio est et omnium bonorum ademptio.
The penalty of the Cornelian law on assassins and poisoners is deportation to an island and the confiscation of all property.
sed solent hodie capite puniri, nisi honestiore loco positi fuerint, ut poenam legis sustineant: humiliores enim solent uel bestiis subici, altiores uero deportantur in insulam.
Today, however, they are usually punished with death, unless they are placed in a more honorable position so that they undergo the penalty of the law; for the lower classes are usually either thrown to the beasts, while those of higher status are deported to an island.
§48.8.3.6Transfugas licet, ubicumque inuenti fuerint, quasi hostes interficere.
It is permitted to kill deserters, wherever they are found, as if they were enemies.