The bribed judge

Motif

The bribed judge.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Cleverness in the law court. · Cleverness in the lawcourt – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as J1192

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Exempla Keller
India *Thompson-Balys.
general *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 38

Within the index

Filed under Cleverness in the lawcourt – miscellaneous.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Judge awards decision to the greater bribe Error was in the honey. Trickster takes jar filled with earth but with honey on top as bribe to the judge. He takes the decision in writing. Cheat is discovered and judge sends message that an error has been made. Reply: the decision was right; the error is in the honey. (Cf. J1176.3.) The bribed judge's ancestors. Clever animal says in court that she drops dung on ancestors of judges who take bribes (unless they confess). Judges confess

Filed beside it

Reductio ad absurdum of judgment Clever interpretation of judge's statement Judge frightened into awarding decision Judge finds offense is not great when it is his own son who is guilty. [Inadvertant duplication of U21.5.] Pardon in return for confession

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Repartee concerning clerical venality. (Cf. J1192, J1263.1.2.) Bribed false judge punished. (Cf. J1192.)

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