Common Law

Common law of Kaomora
This document is readily available around all areas with law enforcement. The only major area these rules do not apply is within The Red Mesa. It is cautionary for travellers to avoid The Mesa unless they are armed with gold coin, silver tongue and steel.
Legal reference guide
Punishment for a crime can include one or more of the following, based on the nature of the crime, who or what the crime is committed against, and the criminal record of the convicted:
Death
Exile (for a number of years or summers)
Flogging (a set number of strokes)
Hard labour (for a period of days, months, or years depending on the seriousness of the crime)
Imprisonment in the Prison, Castle, Keep or Cells depending on suitable security (for a period of days or months depending on the seriousness of the crime)
Fine (payable to the city; inability to pay the fine leads to imprisonment and/or hard labour)
Damages (payable to the injured party or victim's kin; inability to pay damages leads to imprisonment and/or hard labour)
Edict (forbidding the convicted from doing something; violation of an edict can result in imprisonment, hard labour, and/or a fine)

I. Crimes against Lords, Officials, and Nobles:
Assaulting or impersonating a Lord: death
Assaulting or impersonating an official or noble: flogging, imprisonment up to a ten-day, and fine up to 500 gp
Blackmailing an official: flogging and exile up to 10 years
Bribery or attempted bribery of an official: exile up to 20 years and fine up to double the bribe amount
Murder of a Lord, official, or noble: death
Using magic to influence a Lord without consent: imprisonment up to a year, and fine or damages up to 1,000gp
Using magic to influence an official without consent: fine or damages up to 1,000 gp and edict

II. Crimes against the City:
Arson: death or hard labour up to 1 year, with fines and/or damages covering the cost of repairs plus 2,000 gp
Brandishing weapons without due cause: imprisonment up to a ten-day and/or fine up to 10 gp
Espionage: death or permanent exile
Fencing stolen goods: fine equal to the value of the stolen goods and edict
Forgery of an official document: flogging and exile for 10 summers
Hampering justice: fine up to 200 gp and hard labour up to a ten-day
Littering: fine up to 2 gp and edict
Poisoning a city well: death
Theft: flogging followed by imprisonment up to a ten-day, hard labour up to 1 year, or fine equal to the value of the stolen goods
Treason: death
Vandalism: imprisonment up to a ten-day plus fine and/or damages covering the cost of repairs plus up to 100 gp
Using magic to influence an official without consent: fine or damages up to 1,000 gp and edict

III. Crimes against the Gods:
Assaulting a priest or lay worshiper: imprisonment up to a ten-day and damages up to 500 gp
Disorderly conduct within a temple: fine up to 5 gp and edict.
Public blasphemy against a god or church: edict
Theft of temple goods or offerings: imprisonment up to a ten-day and damages up to double the cost of the stolen items
Tomb-robbing: imprisonment up to a ten-day and damages covering the cost of repairs plus 500 gp

IV. Crimes against Citizens:
Assaulting a citizen: imprisonment up to a ten-day, flogging, and damages up to 1,000 gp
Blackmailing or intimidating a citizen: fine or damages up to 500 gp and edict
Burglary: imprisonment up to 3 months and damages equal to the value of the stolen goods plus 500 gp
Damaging property or livestock: damages covering the cost of repairs or replacement plus up to 500 gp
Disturbing the peace: fine up to 25 gp and edict
Murdering a citizen without justification: death or hard labour up to 10 years, and damages up to 1,000 gp paid to the victim's kin
Murdering a citizen with justification: exile up to 5 years or hard labour up to 3 years or damages up to 1,000 gp paid to the victim's kin
Robbery: hard labour up to 1 month and damages equal to the value of the stolen goods plus 500 gp
Slavery: flogging and hard labour up to 10 years
Using magic to influence a citizen without consent: fine or damages up to 1,000 gp and edict