Paulus, On the Office of Assessor. When the Governor is trying the case of a slave who has been corrupted, or of a female slave who has been debauched, or of a male slave who has been indecently attacked; if the slave who is said to have been corrupted is the business agent of anyone, or occupies such a place that, without considering the injury to property alone, the destruction and the ruin of the master’s entire household is involved, he ought to be punished with the greatest severity.

Paulus, On the Duties of Assessor. The entire office of assessor in which those learned in the law discharge their duties, embraces, for the most part, the following cases: Judicial inquiries, motions, statements of causes of action, edicts, decrees, and epistles.

The Same, On the Office of Assessors. Where the defendant is ready to pay the money demanded, before issue is joined, suit having been brought by an agent, what must be done? It would be unjust for him to be compelled to join issue, and be regarded as a suspected person, because he did not tender the money when the principal was present. But if, at that time, he did not have the money, ought he be compelled to proceed with the case? What if the action was one in which infamy was involved? It, however, is settled that, before issue has been joined, the judge may order the money to be deposited in some sacred building, as is done in the case of money belonging to wards. Where issue has been joined, however, the whole matter devolves upon the judge for settlement.

The Same, On the Office of Assessors. A summons issued by a former judge should be regarded as one of the three prescribed. It is evident even if the entire number has been completed by the said judge, that custom requires his successor to issue another.