XLI.
1. If any one shall have killed a free Frank, or a barbarian living under the Salic law, and it shall have been proved on him, he shall be sentenced to 8,000 denarii.
2. But if he shall have thrown him into a well or into the Punishments for homicide water, or shall have covered him with branches or anything else, to conceal him, he shall be sentenced to 24,000 denarii, which make 600 solidi.
3. If any one shall have slain a man who is in the service of the king, he shall be sentenced to 24,000 denarii, which make 600 solidi.[64]
4. But if he shall have put him in the water, or in a well, and covered him with anything to conceal him, he shall be sentenced to 72,000 denarii, which make 1,000 solidi.
5. If any one shall have slain a Roman who eats in the king's palace, and it shall have been proved on him, he shall be sentenced to 12,000 denarii, which make 300 solidi.[65]
6. But if the Roman shall not have been a landed proprietor and table companion of the king, he who killed him shall be sentenced to 4,000 denarii, which make 100 solidi.
7. If he shall have killed a Roman who was obliged to pay tribute, he shall be sentenced to 63 solidi.
9. If any one shall have thrown a freeman into a well, and he has escaped alive, he [the criminal] shall be sentenced to 4,000 denarii, which make 100 solidi.
XLV.