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Motifs
- Magistrate detects thief's complicity by associating cut hand with companion's severed head. J1149.8
- Magistrate finds thieving innkeepers guilty of arson. Silver buckles are not melted by the fire. J1149.9
- Deduction: magistrate is a bastard. J1661.1.2.1
- Kind magistrate is victim of ingratitude. Gives lawbreaker a light sentence. The latter seduces the magistrate's wife. W154.15
- Short magistrate wears a high helmet. X142.4
- Jokes on magistrates. (Cf. P421.) X330
- Guilty of everything connected with the seven senses. When the priest to whom he is confessing says there are but five senses, the magistrate says that he needs two more senses than other people. X331