In Tit. IV. 30, De peregrinis transeuntibus viam, the passing stranger’s death was to be paid for with 100 solidi to his parentes, or in their absence to the fisc.
Bavarian wergelds.
The wergelds of the Bavarian laws may therefore be thus stated:—
| Ducal family (4 fold) | 640 | solidi |
| Families next in honour | 320 | ” |
| Liber | 160 | ” |
| Stranger | 100 | ” |
| Freedman | 40 | ” |
| Servus | 20 | ” |
And all these solidi were gold solidi of Imperial or Merovingian standard, it does not matter much which.
No wergeld within the family.
The crime of homicide within the near family was dealt with in the Alamannic law in conformity with ancient tribal custom. There was no wergeld in such a case.
If any man wilfully kills his father, uncle, brother, or maternal uncle (avunculus), or his brother’s son, or the son of his uncle or maternal uncle, or his mother, or his sister, let him know that he has acted against God, and not fulfilled brotherhood according to the command of God, and heavily sinned against God. And before all his parentes, let his goods be confiscated, and let nothing of his pertain any more to his heirs. Moreover, let him do penance according to the Canons. (Tit. XL.)
Once more in these laws the parricide (the fisc having taken his property) goes free, but for the penance required by the Canons of the Church.
Wergelds of the clergy.