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APPENDIX '1 6 Sfmbar tmnr âping sélet, i. e~; where the .witnesses produced' in any, case are persons
unknown, and without any fixed place of residence, the party who brings them
Javan Laws, shall be 'fbupd. guilty, or cast, as the case may be. :
XXVIII. ,.r
The situation and feelings of those, in favor of whom .sentence is pronounced is
Tirta prâbu târu lâta. Ttrta signifies water, the qualities’ of which are ; déatneæ^ând
a disposition to proceed straight forward, which nothing will ^hebk'-or .overcome-:
Those" who are thus like unto water, .let.them be'ëver sb humble.and poor,. shaHJnot
fail to be successful ;in. any cause jn which .they may. be. fen gaged. T helowly y'.who are
thus successful, shall have as much cause to rejoice as the rich Çpràbu), who are -the
reverse,;shall, hav®-te.:hér deptessëdi. The, former j_resenfble,-a.;stately,’trée Çtâfuÿ, .
whose base and, roots arc great ,and spreading, - with fragrant ! blossoms,! and ïffiSny
creepers (lata) to entwine and support it.
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Chandra kalamokan bûda, i. e, the situation or state of one against whom 'senjencechas
been pronounced, however great, he may.b^.is-.lihe.lthe moon' whenvobscurfedl-by
clouds : like her, his countenance is overpast and gloomy.
2, Anâmon déria, i. e. a person engaged in a lawsuit, who. shall change his outward
appearance, shall be cast.
■ 3, Perchâng'ga angudâna, i. e. if one of the, wise, shall,’ for tbepurpose . of in y a.
li da ting the evidence of his adversaries, make afiy alteration in the;- disposition .of! his ■
house or premises, heshallj on conviction thereof^ bqcqndeiune.fi. j
4, Andâkapenjang’ga amôyong, i. e. one;of the,wisg,-who has,instituted.a suit, and
becoming himself sick at the lime appointed for- tribal,' shall fail to make known whether
he wishes the business to be settled or postponed^ shall lose his suit. ;,.,;
, 5, Andâka kitiran, i. q. if such party shall ;fail; to appear when suwmpned, he will
be cast, even should he be otherwise in the right.. g
V 6, Ambdli mtika amigantdka, i. e.,a person who, taking.the law..into his,. own hdiitdsj
shall seize the property of another, in payment of a debt-due to .him,, shall be held
responsible for the same.
7, Sili Itnab'la. i. e. if a peyson,; in search of any thing be has lost,"shall enter a
different village to that to which he belongs, without giving due notice • to :.the. chief
thereof, he shall be held responsible .for any misdeed which may at the time h'ave béeh
committed, and if any thing important, - he shall be m^de to pay. two-fold. '
8, Ang'rika maya, û.e. a. person who,. heingiiftîiCpmpany with a:.thief, .receives, a
hurt or injury from persons while in the act of apprehending him, cannot-' obtain
redress.
■ 9, Kabrâna pâti, i. e. a person who accuses another, and is himself the more guilty
of the two, shall be condemned. '
10, Pâira laksâna among'un salmâta, i. e. a person who, in order to get something
which is not his own, shall alter,what is written in any paper, must be condemned..
. 11, Kabuli sura, i,. e , a person who superadds in court something which he urges
with violence, shall be condemned.
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12 Kitiran mung'gehyk&ybntfiijei one^p.ersoh^jMs' another to demand payment of
demand
• a lawsuiVpfeduces, for the
be written
in a- different-handt-from wh'at if was W o r e ,. althoug%be*.puf port in both cases be
exactly the, same, the.person.lwhb^produced suet paper shall be; cast, ft ■ ' a
i f “ Sangni&q amcmdngsa \an§(^M6mang an^eakaniM^, L*e. jla 'person, such as a
" J& M n r him in a MwsfiW the person so deputed
,bas no'' authority, to, proAo^afhia-bavin^ he^ f f n If. the* cause is lost> the person
’whcAdeputed «the other cannot bring ft 'forward again. • - -------- • ■ ■ ‘ V' W
^W&Kaputiing’-anpikutan, ,i. ,e.. if' the-witnesses of a person-engaged in a lawsuit,
bim-and go to his adversary,, ttp former shall be; cast- > >’ i
Y^^^djaykoMl^Murda,.^ e. when, tbe. circumstances', of' a -case' which one person
brings forward Sr'e-' contradicted bye those" who thavehan opportunity of knowing them,
the ,former-'shall- be-condemned'; 5 0 > '»l’ ™ :ji r tw-* P ' ""
,, 17 1Bermara-amri snn/ i./e.'if a person: to whom another is-mdebted shall-on tne
supposition .of in a l^ ity ^o.dischaEgethe debtproceed'to seizi^thelpropertyi of. that other,
without previously demanding'paymenboMhe debt, he sHal^be^cast.
Imarw^ia. tunwir. ring.baya} g&S a.person. inrbfficej who exceeds
Ihis authomty,! ought.^o & condemned... i L- '• ~ '
f t' 19&Kruwang Imdvng’an. pemdt, i | p i f a person .whose .cause, is good, and whose
Ufiden^|s,Complete anisatisfactory, .shall insist upon a.sevke.punishment against his
adversary,fche shall be cast.,, ' ‘ ' | +
' 20;, Gabus botenn^'temti. e. when stolen goods ar^« discovered, jtheiRaja ought to
xauselthem to he restored to whom-they .belong. I t, fc jjE s i
-APPENDIX
%\ Gupata Samirdna, i . e. those who .conceal the wife or' children :of another, ought
to be put to death by order of the Raja- D | , 3
X 22*‘-Stilung'* alebu dianj i. e. if the relations of one whose..guilt >s ^manifest shaU
apply to^have the punishment awarded'transferred ,to a':substituie,vthey shall be
h .23, <Apdtra ina pefchaya,<.L e. a persom obtains-permissionfrom the Raja to proceed
against■ another,' and afterwards,■ from some consideration,.neglects to.do so, while
that other, in . the .meantime,- appears before,-tbe. Raja and declares-his innocence of
what is alleged against him, stating that, if he were guilty, his chief would nothave
failed to bring him forward: ih such case, the former shall be condemned.
• 24,-; Pemdta brdmantdra, i; e. if a persori.is f®nndlf uity of circulating feke reports,
or of magnifying any piece of intelligence, so as to create a great alarm^m tbecoUntey,
and put all the people in a ferment, he shall be fined four hundred and four thousand.;
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Javan Lawa.
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