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Motifs
- Guilty man freed of murder charge is tricked into making a false accusation for which he is sentenced. J1141.12
- Bluff in court: the stone in the purse. A poor man has a stone in his purse to throw at the judge if he is sentenced. The judge thinks that he has money to use as a bribe and acquits him. K1765
- Irrevocable sentence carried out even when innocence is proved. A knight condemned for murdering his comrade is met by the latter on the way to the gallows. A centurion leads them to the emperor, who condemns all three to death: first because he has been sentenced; second for causing by his absence the conviction of his comrade; third for delay in the execution. M12
- Prophecy: daughter shall commit murder and incest and be sentenced to death. M345
- Trumpet blown before house of one sentenced to death. P612
- Chain of killings: bulbul destroys flower and is killed by cat; cat shaken by dog; dog killed by boy; boy sentenced to death by king. Z49.13