If it should happen that a scholar, or any person under the patronage, or in the service of another, while undergoing moderate corporeal punishment, inflicted by his teacher, patron, or master, should die as a result of the same; and that he who inflicted the punishment entertained neither hatred or malice toward him whom he killed; he shall neither be rendered infamous, nor punished on account of the homicide; for the reason that it is said in the Holy Word of God that he shall be unhappy, who does not inflict punishment.
FLAVIUS RECESVINTUS, KING.
IX. Where a Freeman Kills a Slave by Accident.
If a freeman should kill a slave not intentionally, but by accident, he shall be compelled to pay to the master of the slave one-half of the amount which has been provided by way of reparation in the case of freeborn persons, under similar circumstances.
FLAVIUS RECESVINTUS, KING.
X. Where a Slave Kills a Freeman by Accident.
If a slave should kill a freeborn person not intentionally, but accidentally, he shall pay the same sum which a former law has provided in the case of other freeborn persons. But if the master should be unwilling to pay said sum for his slave, the latter must, at once, be given up to justice.
ANCIENT LAW.
XI. Where One Man Intentionally Kills Another.
Every man who kills another intentionally, and not by accident, is liable to punishment for homicide.