Leo has observed, that the government of the Turks was monarchical, and that their punishments were rigorous,
(Tactic. p. 896 
).
Rhegino (in Chron. A.D. 889) mentions theft as a capital crime, and his jurisprudence is confirmed by the original code of St. Stephen, (A.D. 1016).
If a slave were guilty, he was chastised, for the first time, with the loss of his nose, or a fine of five heifers;
for the second, with the loss of his ears, or a similar fine; for the third, with death;
which the freeman did not incur till the fourth offence, as his first penalty was the loss of liberty (Katona, Hist. Regum Hungar tom. i. p. 231, 232).
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