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

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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

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Filed under No second punishment for same offense.

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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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