But if he shall have thrown him into a well or into the water, or shall have covered him with branches or anything else, to conceal him, he shall be sentenced to 24000 denars, which make 600 shillings.
Interesting shows a serious punishment for those who try to hide their crimes. Shows a likely level of leniency if one confessed to a crime and did not try and hide it.
3. If any one, man or woman, shall have called a woman harlot, and a not have been able to prove it, he shall be sentenced to 1800 denars, which make 45 shillings.
Interesting how calling someone a harlot is a serious offense showing how important a women purity was in Frankish society.
After she can have no more children, he who kills her shall be sentenced to 8000 denars, which make 200 shillings.
Troubling I find it alarming that a woman is considered significantly less valuable if she can not bear children
If any one have slain a Roman who eats in the king's palace, and it have been proved on him, he shall be sentenced to 12000 denars, which make 300 shillings. 6. But if the Roman shall not have been a landed proprietor and table companion of the king, he who killed him shall be sentenced to 4000 denars, which make 100 shillings.
interesting that a Roman who owns land or is a table companion of the king is worth 3 times as much as a roman who is not one of the aforementioned things.
1 .If three men car off a free born girl, they shall be compelled to pay 30 shillings. 2. If there are more than three, each one shall pay five shillings.
Surprising. Why would the three men be required to pay 10 shillings each but if there are more than three they olny have to pay 5 each. The law makes no sense to me and is suprising.