code le geyt 1698 – of crimes and their punishment · petty larceny is on

the first occasion only punished by caning, on the second by the lash,

and the third by the lash with a cutting of an ear, banishment or

hanging · aggravated larceny is on the first occasion punished with

death · murder, that is to say, homicide with premeditation always

carries confiscation both of the body and of goods · parricides are

hanged, drawn and strangled on the gibbet · fornication for common

people is punished by the cane and adultery the whip, for other persons

there are pecuniary fines · bigamy, incest and rape are punished with

death · the punishment for perjury is the pillory · for aggravated crimes

such as poisoning, assassination, arson, the body remains on the gibbet

until it rots · in the case of sodomy and sorcery the criminal is drawn

and hanged and his body burned · every sentence involving loss of

life or limb must be executed solemnly after the publication with an

injunction to all school masters to bring their pupils to witness