DE SICARIIS ET VENEFICIS, contained provisions as to death or fire
caused by _dolus malus_, and against persons going about armed with
the intention of killing or thieving. The law not only provided
for cases of poisoning, but contained provisions against those who
made, sold, bought, possessed, or gave poison for the purpose of
poisoning; also against a magistratus or senator who conspired in
order that a person might be condemned in a _judicium publicum_, &c.