GraveAssault
Upon Imperial Penal Code, on violence to the person
- May order
- A fine, amends to the injured, and gaol at the discretion of the bench.
Imperial law within the province
The Book of Offences
What the Imperial law forbids within the province, upon what authority, and what the bench may order in answer. The penalties given here are the bounds within which a Justice may act, not a tariff to be applied without thought.
Against the person
CapitalMurder
Upon Imperial Penal Code, on the unlawful killing
- May order
- Death, or life at hard labour where the bench finds cause to spare.
Against property
MinorTheft
Upon Imperial Penal Code, on the taking of goods
- May order
- Restitution and a fine to twice the value; gaol for a repeated hand.
Against the peace
CapitalBanditry upon the roads
Upon Lex Viarum, on the keeping of the Imperial roads
- May order
- Death or hard labour, and forfeiture of all taken.
MinorBreach of the peace
Upon Imperial Penal Code, on public order
- May order
- A fine, or binding over to keep the peace.
Against the Empire
CapitalSedition
Upon Imperial Penal Code, on words and acts against the Empire
- May order
- At the pleasure of the bench, to death where arms were raised.
GraveSmuggling
Upon Imperial Customs Ordinance
- May order
- Forfeiture of the goods and a fine to thrice their value.
Of office
GraveCorruption in office
Upon Codex Officiorum Provinciae, on the duty of officers
- May order
- Removal from office, restitution, and a bar from Imperial service.
Of the law itself
GraveFalse witness
Upon Imperial Penal Code, on the giving of testimony
- May order
- The penalty the accused would have borne, and a bar from the courts.
MinorContempt of the bench
Upon Standing orders of the Judicial Office
- May order
- A fine, or confinement until the sitting is done.