(* 23) The punishment was by retaliation. "Et come ascun appele
serra de tele felonie atteint et attende jugement, si soit le
jugement tiel que il perde autriel membre come il avera tollet al
pleintyfe. Et sy la pleynte soi faite de femme que avera tollet a
home ses membres, en tiel cas perdra la femme la une meyn par
jugement, come le membre dount ele axera trespasse." Britton, c. 25.
Fleta, B. 1. c. 40. Ll. AElfr. 19. 40.
(* 24) 25. E. 3. st. 5 c. 2. 5. El. c. 11. 18. El. c. 1. 8. 9.
W. 3. c. 26. 15. 16. G. 2. c. 28. 7. Ann. c. 25. By the laws of
AEthelstan and Canute, this was punished by cutting off the hand.
"Gif se mynetere ful wurthe slea man tha hand of, the he that ful mid
worthe and sette uppon tha mynet smiththan." In English characters
and words "if the minter foul [criminal] wert, slay the hand off,
that he the foul [crime] with wrought, and set upon the
mint-smithery." Ll. Aethelst. 14. "Et si quis praeter hanc, falsam
fecerit, perdat manum quacum falsam confecit." Ll. Cnuti. 8. It had
been death by the Ll. AEthelredi sub fine. By those of H. 1. "si quis
cum falso denario inventus fuerit -- fiat justitia mea, saltem de
dextro pugno et de testiculis." Anno 1108. Operae pretium vero est
audire quam severus rex fuerit in pravos.
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