Chapter .xxij.
If a man steal an ox or sheep and kill it or sell it, he shall
restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. If a
thief be found breaking up and be smitten that he die, there shall
no blood be shed for him: except the sonne be up when he is found,
then there shall be blood shed for him. A thief shall make
restitution: If he have not wherewith, he shall be sold for his
theft. If the theft be found in his hand alive (whether it be ox,
ass or sheep) he shall restore double. If a man do hurt field or
vineyard, so that he put in his beast to feed in another man's
field: of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own
vineyard, shall he make restitution. If fire break out and catch
in the thorns, so that the stacks {stoukes} of corn or the
stonding corn or field be consumed therewith: he that kindled the
fire shall make restitution. If a man deliver his neighbour money
or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of his house: If the thief
be found, he shall pay double. If the thief be not found, then the
goodman of the house shall be brought unto the gods and swear,
whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's good. And in all
manner of trespass, whether it be ox, ass, sheep, raiment or any
manner lost thing which another challengeth to be his, the cause
of both parties shall come before the gods.
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