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No second punishment for same offense.

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

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2 finer motifs beneath it
Adulteress hurled from high rock escapes injury: she may not be punished again 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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Execution escaped by use of special permissions granted the condemned Punishment escaped by discomfiting condemner Execution escaped by invoking laws of hospitality Execution escaped by story-telling. Cf. Browning's "Balaustion's Adventure." Clever means of avoiding legal punishment – miscellaneous

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