Melanesians And Polynesians; Their Life-Histories Described And Compared
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An accused person, or some witness, might take an oath, and in those cases perjury was supposed to be punished by disease and death. Any one who was ill soon after he had taken an oath was- supposed to have perjured himself. The ordinary course of procedure was for some speaker to describe the offence, and a fine was then imposed on the offender. Sometimes these fines were very large ; as much as a thousand head of taro and a thousand fish, all cooked, would have to be taken to the councillors ...on the next day of meeting. In other cases the fine would consist of from one to twenty or thirty pigs. In these cases the whole family of the offender would join in the payment of the fine.
Offences against other villages were often visited with very severe punishment, because such offences might lead to war. The following instance will be an example of this, and also an illustration of the custom of the people. A youth saw a canoe drawn up on the beach of a small uninhabited bay. It was loaded with native produce, and the owner had gone to his plantation to bring down some additional produce.
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An accused person, or some witness, might take an oath, and in those cases perjury was supposed to be punished by disease and death. Any one who was ill soon after he had taken an oath was- supposed to have perjured himself. The ordinary course of procedure was for some speaker to describe the offence, and a fine was then imposed on the offender. Sometimes these fines were very large ; as much as a thousand head of taro and a thousand fish, all cooked, would have to be taken to the councillors ...on the next day of meeting. In other cases the fine would consist of from one to twenty or thirty pigs. In these cases the whole family of the offender would join in the payment of the fine.
Offences against other villages were often visited with very severe punishment, because such offences might lead to war. The following instance will be an example of this, and also an illustration of the custom of the people. A youth saw a canoe drawn up on the beach of a small uninhabited bay. It was loaded with native produce, and the owner had gone to his plantation to bring down some additional produce.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by George Brown to read onlineMoreLess
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