• No person shall conspire, alone or in league with others, or actively take action, to damage, defame, discredit, remove or overthrow the rightful government of Britannia, that being Lord British and his Council.

All Merchants, tradesmen, crafters and anyone dealing with goods by transporting them from or to The fair Town of Trinsic, can and will be controlled by The Guardsmen of The Duchy of Trinsic for Forbidden Goods.

The following Goods are hereby declared as forbidden and illegal:

• Poison in any form, be it dry or liquid or gaseous
• Magic Weapons and Armour of all kind
• Writings which are targeted against The Realm, The King, or The Duchy
• Slaves
• Weapons, if they exceed the amount of 50 pieces per Trade Caravan
• Objects or supplies thought to be of an unnatural necromantic kind or for such intent (for example: necromantic reagents, books and body parts)

Notes:

• Juka bows, Slayer weapons are not considered illegal. Same goes for all magic ITEMS.
• Orc bows and Savage Spears ARE illegal, as are runic weapons
• Merchants can apply for a special Trading Licence to be able to trade Magical weapons, orc bows and Savage Spears in small amounts.
• The merchants have to have a fine reputation (no known penalties against them) and they have to pay once 500 gp to the Trade Minister.
• Under certain circumstances, authorisation may be given for the carrying and dealing of those goods deemed illegal; such authorisation must be acquired from the Trade Minister and authorised by either the Justice, a Magistrate or the Captain of the Guards. A letter of authorisation must be carried at all times with the stated goods else the carrier will be deemed as dealing in, and carrying illegal goods and treated as such.

Overall Jurisdiction of Sentencing for all crimes is to be over seen, administered by and is at the discretion of The Duke, the Justice of Trinsic and those appointed as Magistrates by the Justice.

For personal disputes and claims:

• A monthly Court of Arbitration will be held. Here citizens can bring any small disputes or claims for neutral arbitration. The Court will be conducted by the Duke, Justice or a Magistrate. The date of each Court session will be posted publicly at least one week before it takes place.
• Each party involved will have 5 minutes within which they must state their case after which a resolution will be made. The involved parties must accept beforehand that the decision of the arbitrator is final and agree to abide by the given resolution. Any person failing to attend by the end of the stated session will be deemed to have admitted guilt by default and will be expected to abide by the resolution given by the arbitrator.

For the crimes of:

Breach of the Peace and Disorderly Conduct, Theft, Arson, Spying, Supplying Alcoholic Wares and Weaponry to those Underage and breaking of Trading Laws

• Those that commit such a crime, after due warning, will be faced with an on the spot fine of 1000 gold and removed from the city, to be imposed by any authorised member of the Duchy of Trinsic or those appointed as officials by the Duke.

All fines are to be paid to the City.

1. Trading in Goods within the City without the appropriate licence:
   
   Fine of 1000 gold plus 500 gold to purchase a licence or confiscation of said goods upon refusal
2. Handling Stolen Goods
   
   Fine of 1000 gold plus confiscation of said goods
3. Dealing in Illegal Goods
   
   Fine of 2000 gold plus confiscation of said goods
4. Smuggling
   
   Fine of 5000 gold plus confiscation of said goods.

For the following crimes:

Perverting the Course of Justice, Blackmail, Slander/Libel, Unlawful Imprisonment, Bribery, Extortion, Kidnapping and Assault on a person's pet

• Where the accused freely confesses or pleads Guilty of his or her crimes, once a report has been filed with all necessary information, they should be referred to the Magistrates, Captains of the Trinsic guards or Officers of the Trinsic Guards for appropriate sentencing.
• For the purposes of sentencing in these cases an officer of the Duchy guard is anyone holding the rank of Sergeant or above.
• Where the accused pleads Not Guilty, Bail can be set by The Duke, The Justice, the Magistrates, Captains of the Trinsic guards or Officers of the Duchy Guards, following the terms outlined below, until the case can be investigated and a trial set.
• Sentencing is to include a fine of 1000 gold per charge and an appropriate level of compensation (decided by the sentencing official) to the victim if needed.

Crimes of a more serious nature:

• Where the accused freely confesses or pleads Guilty to his or her crimes, once a report has been filed with all necessary information, they should be referred to the Justice or in their absence The Duke, or Magistrate for appropriate sentencing.
• Where the accused pleads Not Guilty, Bail can be set where appropriate by The Duke, The Justice or Magistrate, following the terms outlined below, until the case can be investigated and a trial set.

Note:

All Fines are to be paid to the city to cover costs of legal proceedings etc and compensation is to be made in the presence of a duchy official, to the victim or immediate family [spouse or children] of the victim where possible.

Assault/Conspiracy to Assault

• Bail to be granted only at the discretion of The Duke, The Justice,, Magistrates or an Officer within the Trinsic Guards.
• Public flogging 10 lashes and/or 1 hour in the stocks at the Justice, Magistrate or Duchy Officer's discretion.
• A fine of 2,500 gold to the city
• An appropriate level of compensation to the victim and, if necessary, a banishment from the city, to be determined by the sentencing official, for a period to be determined but not more than 1 week.

Attempted Murder/Conspiracy to Murder

• Bail to be granted only at the discretion of The Duke, The Justice or a Magistrate.
• Public flogging 15 lashes and/or 1 ½ hours in the stocks at the Justice's or magistrates discretion
• Plus a fine of 5,000 gold to the city
• And an appropriate level of compensation to the victim and, if necessary, a banishment from the city, to be determined by the sentencing official, for a period to be determined but not more than 2 weeks

Murder / Conspiracy leading to actual Murder

• No bail granted.
• Public flogging 20 lashes and/or 2 hours in the stocks at the Justice's discretion
• Plus a fine of 10,000 gold to the city
• And an appropriate level of compensation to the victim's dependents, and, if necessary, a banishment from the city, to be determined by the sentencing official, for a period expending to and not limited to permanent.

Treason

• Bail can be granted by the Duke, Justice or Magistrate
• Public flogging 15 lashes and/or 1 ½ hours in the stocks plus a fine of 5,000 gold and, if necessary, banishment from the city, to be determined by the sentencing official, for a period to be determined but not more than 4 weeks.

High Treason

• No bail granted
• Public flogging 20 lashes and/or 2 hours in the stocks plus a fine of 10,000 gold and banishment from the city to be determined by the sentencing official, for a period extending to and not limited to permanent.

[OOC Note: All stock times are in REAL time.]

Important Note:

Where attacks or raids are made upon the city or guards by a known army, cult or band of brigands/outlaws, the commanding officer or leader of the attack shall be the one detained and the actions of those under their command/leadership shall be seen as their responsibility and the sentencing will reflect this.

Those who decide to resist arrest or sentencing will be captured by any means necessary; if they are unfortunately rendered unconscious during this time then they will be conveyed to the jail and cared for, to receive their sentencing upon their awakening.

Resisting Arrest and Withdrawal from Legal Procedures:

If a subject resists arrests by violence, flight or disguise or if a subject refuses to attend legal procedures such as attending trial, presenting themselves for questioning or fulfilling their sentence the following can be ordered by the Duke, the Justice, a Magistrate or an Officer of the Guard Force:

• Immediate arrest and imprisonment by all necessary means
• Public announcement of charges and crimes
• Setting of a sum of gold for the retrieval of the subject in question
• Confiscation of any property to cover the costs of pursuit and capture

In addition, all contracts made between the subject and the Duchy of Trinsic or its representatives are void. All contracts between the subject and a private, lawful person can be made void by decision of the Duke, the Justice or a Magistrate.

Please Note that ALL sentences are Cumulative!

Though maximum fine amount imposed by the court for any one defendant committing multiple crimes will be 20,000 gold

Where there is dispute over charges that have been laid and a trial is to be set then bail can be granted, by the appropriate personnel, on the understanding that the perpetrator must return when requested for questioning and on trial dates.

If a person on Bail commits another crime before the date of the trial then Bail is withdrawn and the person is to be held in custody until the date of the trial.

Breaking terms of Bail forfeits all monies paid and the right to appeal for Bail thereafter.

Bail is set at the following Rates:

• Blackmail, Slander, Unlawful Imprisonment, Bribery, Extortion, Kidnapping, Resisting Arrest, Assault on a person's or pet, Arson, Perverting the course of Justice - 2,000 gold
• Assault on a person - 2,500 gold
• Attempted Murder - 5,000 gold
• For breaking Trading laws (b, c or d) - 1,000, 2,000 or 5,000 gold respectively

Any person on charges for more than one crime will have rate of bail for the individual charges added together to access the Bail amount required. Up to a maximum bail rate of 20,000 gold pieces

All Bail money is returnable if/when terms of Bail have been fulfilled.

If the defendant can not find legal representation they have the right to either:

1. choose to defend themselves
2. a defence counsel elected by the court to defend them

Failure to keep to this time scale without good reason may result in all charges being dismissed.