Adulteress hurled from high rock escapes injury: she may not be punished again

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Adulteress hurled from high rock escapes injury: she may not be punished again.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Cleverness in the law court. · Clever means of avoiding legal punishment. · view the constellation · filed as J1184.1

Cited in the index

general Herbert III 211
general Oesterley Gesta Romanorum No. 3.

Within the index

Filed under No second punishment for same offense.

Filed beside it

Ears not to be cut off a second time. Executioner discovers that the prisoner's ears are of stucco, having been clipped for a previous offense

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