A labod fine is demanded for the malicious killing of a pig. The fine, in case a wealthy family is concerned, is as follows:
Labod Fine for Malicious Killing of a Pig
| 1. | The corpse of the dead pig is surrounded by living pigs, one on each side, i.e., four pigs are exacted in return. |
| 2. | Dangale (see [sec. 106]): 1 carabao. This animal is simply handed over, not killed for a funeral as is the case when a human being is concerned. |
| 3. | Gagaom (see [sec. 106]): 6 death blankets; 1 bayaó (fancy blanket); 1 tin-unwe (ceremonial clout); 4 clouts. |
| 4. | Habalag (see [sec. 106]): precisely as in the case of a homicide. |
| 5. | Liwa, fee of the monkalun, or go-between: 1 death blanket. |
Putting Another in the Position of an Accomplice
109. The tokom, or fine for compromising another.—He who, voluntarily or involuntarily, puts another in the position of an accomplice, or in such a light that he might be regarded as being an accomplice in the commission of a crime, and so be liable to punishment as such, must pay the person so injured a fine, called tokom. It may almost be said that he who causes another person’s name to be prominently mentioned or bandied in connection with a crime must pay this fine.
The following are instances in which a tokom would be demanded:
A of another district comes to the house of B, and is received by B as a guest. While he is going home and while he is in the outskirts of the district he is speared by C, a neighbor of B’s or a resident of the same district. B must force C to pay a tokom.
B steals or illegally confiscates property belonging to A. C sees B in the act. He demands a tokom—in this case it may be the bolo or spear that B is carrying—and so puts himself “on record” as not having been an accomplice. But he says nothing about the crime unless it come to light that he was a witness of it. In this case he proves by the tokom that he received that he had no connection with it. As a matter of practice it would seem that a gift received from the thief would tend to lead the witness to conceal the crime.
A gives an uyauwe feast. At the attendant drink feast B in a drunken brawl kills C. A and the manikam D must demand a tokom from B in order to clear their reputations.