De concussione
(Concerning extortion.)
1 Ulpianus libro quinto opinionum. Si simulato praesidis iussu concussio intervenit, ablatum eiusmodi terrore restitui praeses provinciae iubet et delictum coercet.
1 Ulpianus, Opinions, Book V. If extortion is committed under a pretended order of the Governor, the Governor of the province shall order the property surrendered through terror, to be restored, and shall punish the crime.
2 Macer libro primo publicorum iudiciorum. Concussionis iudicium publicum non est: sed si ideo pecuniam quis accepit, quod crimen minatus sit, potest iudicium publicum esse ex senatus consultis, quibus poena legis Corneliae teneri iubentur, qui in accusationem innocentium coierint quive ob accusandum vel non accusandum, denuntiandum vel non denuntiandum testimonium pecuniam acceperit.
2 Macer, Public Prosecutions, Book I. The prosecution of extortion is not public, but if anyone has received money because he threatened another with a criminal accusation, the prosecution may become public under the Decrees of the Senate, by which all those are ordered to be liable to the penalty of the Cornelian Law who have joined in the denunciation of innocent persons, and have received money in consideration of accusing, or not accusing others, or of giving, or not giving testimony against them.