FLAVIUS RECESVINTUS, KING.
V. Where One is Killed while Interfering in a Quarrel.
If any freeman should interfere in a quarrel for the purpose of making peace, and should be killed in consequence, and he who struck him shall be able to prove, either by his own oath, or by the testimony of respectable witnesses, that the act was not committed intentionally, because the party who struck the fatal blow did not wish to commit assault or homicide upon the person who was killed, he shall pay a pound of gold to the relatives of the person who lost his life; and, in like manner, if any wound was inflicted under similar circumstances, the person who inflicted it shall pay a third part of the aforesaid sum; for the reason that the death of him who interfered for the purpose of making peace should not be unavenged.
FLAVIUS RECESVINTUS, KING.
VI. Where One, Intending to Inflict a Slight Injury, Kills Another.
Where anyone, attempting to commit an injury, gives a kick, or a blow with the fist, or commits any other violent act, and death should result, the guilty party shall be punished for homicide.
VII. Where One, in Sport, or Recklessly, Kills Another.
Whoever incautiously, or recklessly, or in sport, or in a crowd, unintentionally, by a fatal blow, strikes or kills anyone; because no malicious intention or desire to injure existed, shall incur no infamy for having committed an assault or homicide, even though he should be convicted by oath, or by the testimony of witnesses; nor shall he be liable to punishment by death, because he did not kill the person intentionally. But, for the reason that he struck the fatal blow without due caution, and did not attempt to avoid an accident, he shall pay a pound of gold to the nearest relatives of the deceased, and shall receive fifty lashes with the scourge.
FLAVIUS RECESVINTUS, KING.
VIII. Where One Kills Another through Immoderate Punishment.