[Footnote 29: Leo has observed, that the government of the
Turks was monarchical, and that their punishments were
rigorous, (Tactic. p. 896) Rhegino (in Chron. A.D. 889)
mentions theft as a capital crime, and his jurisprudence is
confirmed by the original code of St. Stephen, (A.D. 1016.)
If a slave were guilty, he was chastised, for the first
time, with the loss of his nose, or a fine of five heifers;
for the second, with the loss of his ears, or a similar
fine; for the third, with death; which the freeman did not
incur till the fourth offence, as his first penalty was the
loss of liberty, (Katona, Hist. Regum Hungar tom. i. p. 231,
232.)]