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 m LAWS. value of five dollars ; if under the value of five dol- lars the fine is five dollars and a goat ; the value of the goods still doubled.*' — " All thefts under five dollars, and all disputes for property, or offences to that amount, may be compromised by the ProaU iinSf whose dependents are concerned.'* By the laws of the people of Pasummah, also, ** a person convicted of stealing money, wearing-ap- parel, household effects, arms, or the like, shall pay the owner double the value of the goods stolen, and be fined twenty-eight dollars. A person con- victed of stealing slaves shall pay to the owner at the rate of eighty dollars per head, which is esti- mated to be double the value, and fined twenty- eight dollars. A person convicted of stealing Betely ifowls, or coconuts, shall pay the owner double the value, and be fined seven dollars ; half of which fine is to be received by the owner." The laws of the Indian islanders, as they respect accomplices, or suspected persons, are arbitrary, vio- lent, and frequently absurd. " If," says the Kun- iara, or code of the Balinese, " a person be found guilty of harbouring a robber, it shall, in the first instance, be lawful to put the robber to death, and the person who sheltered him, the prince, who is anxious for the prosperity of his country, shall order, with his property and children, to be confiscated.*' The Javanese law tract, called Suryo alaniy has the following extraordinary enactments on this sub-