XI. The man who is guilty of unintentional
homicide has given sufficient satisfaction in eleven years. We
shall, without doubt, observe what is laid down by Moses in the case of
wounded men, and shall not hold a murder to have been committed in the
case of a man who lies down after he has been struck, and walks again
leaning on his staff.
Exod. xxi.
19. If, however,
he does not rise again after he has been struck, nevertheless, from
there being no intent to kill, the striker is a homicide, but an
unintentional homicide.