TITLE II. CONCERNING THIEVES AND STOLEN PROPERTY.

I.He who is Searching for Stolen Property must Describe it.
II.Where a Slave Commits a Theft Before, or After, he has Received his Freedom.
III.Where a Slave who has Become the Property of Another Master, Commits an Unlawful Act.
IV.Where a Freeman Commits a Theft in Company with the Slave of Another Person.
V.Where a Master Commits a Theft in Company with his Slave.
VI.Where a Slave, Belonging to Another Person, is Instigated by Anyone to the Commission of Unlawful Acts.
VII.Concerning Those who Knowingly Associate with Thieves.
VIII.Where Anyone, Ignorantly, Buys Stolen Property of a Thief.
IX.Where Anyone, Knowingly, Buys Stolen Property of a Thief.
X.Concerning Money, and Other Property, Stolen from the King.
XI.Concerning the Stealing of Bells from Cattle.
XII.Concerning the Theft of Mill Machinery.
XIII.Concerning the Punishment of a Thief.
XIV.A Thief, when Taken, shall be Brought Before the Judge; and Where a Freeman Commits a Theft in Company with a Slave, Both shall Undergo the Same Penalty.
XV.Where a Thief, Defending Himself with a Sword, is Killed.
XVI.Where a Thief is Killed at Night, while he is Being Taken.
XVII.Concerning Property Injured or Destroyed; and the Reparation to be Made for what has been Damaged or Stolen.
XVIII.Concerning Property Rescued from Shipwreck.
XIX.Concerning the Property and the Heirs of Thieves.
XX.Concerning Those who Rescue Thieves and Other Criminals, after their Capture.
XXI.Where a Slave Steals from his Master, or from a Fellow-Slave.
XXII.Within what Time, after his Arrest, a Thief must be Brought Before the Judge.
XXIII.Where Anyone Secretly Kills an Animal Belonging to Another.

I. He who is Searching for Stolen Property must Describe it.

Whoever makes a demand for any stolen property, must privately describe to the judge what he seeks, and show, by manifest proof, what he has lost; as the truth may not be established, where sufficient evidence is not introduced.

ANCIENT LAW.

II. Where a Slave Commits a Theft Before, or After, he has Received his Freedom.

If a slave should be guilty of theft, and should be afterwards set free by his master, the master shall not be liable for any loss on account of any acts previously committed by said slave; but the slave himself shall suffer the penalties prescribed by the law against the perpetrators of crime. Where he commits a theft after he has received his freedom, he shall be compelled to make the same reparation as he would have done while a slave, and shall receive a hundred lashes. If said offence should not be of such a character as to render him liable to be returned to slavery, he shall remain in the full enjoyment of his freedom.

ANCIENT LAW.

III. Where a Slave, who has Become the Property of Another Master, Commits an Unlawful Act.

If a slave who has passed under the control of another master, should steal anything from his former owner, or should inflict any injury upon anyone, the judge shall determine whether he committed the crime; and if he is convicted, his last master, should he desire, may render satisfaction for the acts committed by said slave. But if he should refuse to do so, the slave must be surrendered to be punished according to the nature of his offence.