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Law
It shall be lawful to kill note murderers in our own territory, or to arrest them as directed on the first turning-table, note but not to maltreat or amerce them, on penalty of a payment of twice the damage inflicted. The Archons, according to their several jurisdictions, shall bring cases into court; for any man who so desires and the court of Heliaea shall adjudicate.
23.29You have heard the law, men of
23.37Read the statutes that come next in order.
Law
If any man shall kill a murderer, or shall cause him to be killed, so long as the murderer absents himself from the frontier-market, the games, and the Amphictyonic sacrifices, he shall be liable to the same penalty as if he killed an Athenian citizen;and the Criminal Court shall adjudicate.
You must be informed, men of
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