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STATUTE OF KALISZ 7 77

NUMBER 11. NUMBER 12.
An oath in front of the synagogue. A The upper illustration features a watchmen
beautifully decorated initial with the emblem finding a murdered Jew in a street; at the
of Poland in the Latin text, in the center of the bottom - a portrait of a Polish nobleman.
figure, a portrait of Jewish man, and in the
French text – a scene featuring a Jew taking Article 20. If a Jew is murdered, and if
through evidence or a witness it cannot be
an oath in front of a school, illustrating the
determined who murdered him, yet if the
following article of the Statute of Kalisz:
Jews suspect someone of the murder, we
shall extend to the Jews the protection of
Article 19. No Jew shall take an oath on justice against the suspected murderer of
the Ten Commandments, unless the Jew.
it be for important cases which involve Article 21. If a Christian raises a hand in
fifty silver marks or. For minor cases, violence against a Jew, he shall be
he should swear before the entrance of the punished according to the law of our land.
synagogue.
From the collection of the
From the collection of the Józef Piłsudski
Józef Piłsudski Library
Library (WiMBP) in Łódź.
(WiMBP) in Łódź.

Polish eagle