St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-06

attempted murder, with subsequent
design to mangle the body or. divide the
limbs of a person. shall suffer death by
a slow and painful process. This con.
sists in cutting off hand, then a leg,
then all ear, then taking out an eye,
then scooping piece OF flesh from the
body, and so on until life is extinct,
when the corpse is cut to pieces and
made away with. The murderer's
wives, sons, and all inmates of his house
shall be perpetually banish1d 1000
Ii, or about 700 miles. Access
series contributing to the crime of muir
der in the slightest manner shall be be-
headed. Other accessories, who neither
contributed nor shared in the crime,
but merely knew Of ITS contemplated
execution, shall be punished as ordinary
accessories by being beheaded. Ii
murder is planned, but. no person
killed or wounded, the principal shall
be beheaded, and all his relatives BAN
ished. Any person who gives infOrna-
ton of crime, or contemplated
crime, shall receive from the govern
ment twenty ounces of silver.
Any person or persons rearing ven0-
nous animals OF preparing poisonous
drugs which are to be used to kill a
person, although no person may have
been injured, shall be beheaded. The
property of any person guilty OF this
crime OF violation of law shall be for
feited to the government. and all his
relatives or inmates Of his house, al
though innocent, shall be banished 5000
Ii, or 1000 miles.
All persons guilty of using magical
writings or imprecatiOns, with view to
cause death of any person, whether any
one is killed or not, shall suffer for con-
irving murder and be beheaded. Any
persons using such writings or impreca-
tons, with view to produce disease or
lnfirmity, or to cause extreme fright IN
any person, shall receive 100 blows, be
banished 1000 Ii, or 700 miles, and have
his property cOnfiscated, except in the
case of child against a parent, agrand-
child against grandparent, or a slave
or hired servant.against master, in all
of which cases the offender shall be be-
headed. In all cases persons guilty OF
poisoning OF attempted poisoning shall
be beheaded.
Practitioners of medicine or any per-
son who pretendS to be practitioner,
who cause patients death or Injure
patient. or administer drugs with a
puncture or needle and thereby kill or
wound patient, shall be summoned be-
fore magistrate, who shall call in
other reputable practitioners, and if it
shall appear to be an error the practi-
toner may be allowed to redeem him
self of the charge by giving up his
practice forever. Ii practitioner az
money. the fee so eXtorted shall be con-
sidered stolen and punishment inflicted
in proportion to the amount obtained.
II patient dies and the practitioner
attended the deceased is shown to have
employed improper methods. the prac-
titoner shall be beheaded.
Any one who occasions death from
fright or violent threats, OF alarms an
other to such degree that the fright
ened person kills himself, shall, when
reasonable grounds are shown to have
existed on the part of the suicide. be
punished with 100 blows. Any govern
ment officer who shall do this or attempt
to do it shall receive the same punish
ment and be obliged to pay the family
of the suicide ten ounces of silver. Ii
any person threaten or brighten an older
relative so that the latter commits sui
eide, the Junior so offending shall be
Strangled.
Ii any prisoner resists an officer and
strikes the latter so as to draw blood the
offender shall be strangled. If Grim
NAL who resists all officer is armed, aud
the officer kill him to secure his person,
or if criminal escapes from prison
or is killed while being pursued, or if a
runaway criminal destroys himself, the
officer shall in nowise be anSWerable for
the prisoners death. In any case where
a criminal is killed. where the Offense
charged against him is punishable with
capital punishment and the officer had
no right TO assault or wound him. the
punishment of the police officer shall
not in any case exceed 100 blows.
If prisoner releases any other pris-
Oners, or if he attemps it, he makes him
self liable to the punishment of the