Note 82 — Chapter I · PENAL METHODS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Reading edition
The hundreds were liable to be fined for undetected murders—as villages now are in India—and also officers for neglect of duty; see T. Madox, History and Antiquities of the Exchequer, chap. xiv. p. 539, etc. London, 1769. J. Britton, F. M. Nichols’ ed. p. 138. This liability was abolished in the reign of Edward III.; see W. S. Holdsworth, Hist. p. 8.