The Doctrine and Law of Marriage, Adultery and Divorce, with an Appendix Containing an Essay on the Word Gporneia Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 Excerpt: ... teress shall be liable to the same period of imprisonment, and to a fine, varying from one hundred to two thousand francs. The husband who shall keep in his house a woman with whom he has committed adultery, shall be liable, on the complaint of his wife, to a fine, varying from one hundred to two thousand francs, and shall be incapable of prosecuting his wife for adultery y. In Spain, adultery was formerly punished by mutilation; by fine, which was doubled if both parties were married; and by scourging, if they were unable to pay. In the draft of the Penal Code submitted to the Cortes, adultery on the part of the wife was to be punished by seclusion, for as long a period as the husband should desire, provided it did not exceed ten years: her accomplice was to undergo the same punishment, with the addition of exile. Adultery by the husband was to be punished with infamy. The laws of Lucca, in Tuscany, made adultery punishable by fine and banishment for a year. A law of Sicily condemned the offender to be burned, even although it could be proved that his crime was not aggravated by seduction. Joseph Scaliger says that he was at Geneva when a very handsome young woman was drowned for, this offence. Beza, in his Treatise of Divorce, was earnest in pressing the magistrates to do their duty, and by inflicting the capital penalty on adultery, to remove the difficulties of divorce. In investigating the penalties of adultery in England, as derived from our remote progenitors in Germany, the law of the Visigoths will be found m singular conformity with the law of Solon. If any woman shall commit adultery, and not be detected in the fact, her husband may accuse her before the judge; and if she shall be convicted upon sufficient evidence, she and the adulterer shall b...