Chapter 419: Evidence (Thanks to Lemon is Gold's Monthly Pass Support!)
Chapter 419 Presentation of Evidence
The hall master personally came forward to deal with it, which shows that the weight of this case is not light!
Although the law enforcer in the foundation building period gave him a reassurance, the stall owner was still so frightened that his face turned pale, but He Yuanying and Wen Qing were calm and calm, and regarded them as idle!
The law enforcement hall master is called Dugu Wanren, and he is the number one master of the Dugu family, which ranks fourth in the strength of the sect.
Back then, he followed Liu Xun to this Shacheng and made great contributions to the governance of Shacheng according to law!
After Liu Xun became the head, because he was the backbone of Liu Xun's "rule of law", he has been staying as the head of the law enforcement hall in Shacheng!
Because He Yuanying came in in time, Dugu Wanren also felt unusual, and couldn't help but carefully feel her cultivation with her divine sense, confirming that she was just an authentic foundation building period monk.
Before the verdict, when Dugu Wanren once again habitually asked the three of them if they had any evidence to submit, He Yuanying walked out, took out the disappeared package, and handed it to Wen Qing as evidence!
He Yuanying did not hand the evidence to Dugu Wanren on the spot, because Wen Qing was also a corroboration of this evidence, and in yesterday's questioning, he had already provided testimony that it might have been the Yuan Infant Monk's action.
Every time the law enforcers of the law enforcement hall ask the parties, they can't forget to ask the defendant and the plaintiff to provide evidence, but it is not entirely to imply that the parties have paid bribes!
Because in Shacheng, the law stipulates that it is the responsibility of the parties to provide evidence to prove their innocence!
This is because when Liu Xun first became the lord of the city, in order to embody the concept of governing the city according to law, he punished the incidents of commercial violations quite severely. He has good intentions and has many wins in one fell swoop, but in fact, the rise in taxes is a hard indicator!
The previous city lord Li De had a lot of roots in the city, and Liu Xun had to purge the personnel of the previous city lord in key positions in order to smoothly implement his governance plan, and the law enforcement hall had to be streamlined!
The Law Enforcement Hall is understaffed, and they don't have too many people to investigate and collect evidence, which will obviously affect the idea of governing the city according to law!
After soliciting opinions extensively, Liu Xun finally found a way to formulate a legal provision for the parties themselves to provide evidence.
Therefore, the law of Shacheng is mainly used as the basis for punishment and conviction, and the evidence of the judgment is presented by the defendant and the plaintiff themselves, and the law enforcers only make judgments according to law based on these evidences, and the workload is not large.
During Liu Xun's governance of Shacheng, because the officials were all attentive, although it was difficult to be absolutely fair in handling the case, it did not show anything inappropriate!
By the time the two city lords in the back were in charge, because the power of the Law Enforcement Hall was getting heavier and heavier, and the law enforcement officers were uneven, many people had already begun to bend the law!
Until now, they have all unscrupulously collected "evidence", and they are not worried that the person who provides the "evidence" will bite back!
Because whether it is the defendant or the plaintiff, as long as you do not have conclusive evidence to prove that you did not commit a crime, the law enforcement court can judge you to violate the law, and as long as the punishment has a legal basis, you have to accept the sentence!
Shacheng is a commercial city based on the trading of refining materials, and the punishment after breaking the law is mainly to reduce commercial credit, fines, increase taxes and other economic penalties, and the most serious is to be deported, but there are no immortal cultivators for some spirit stones and Shacheng's law enforcers!
The law enforcers in Shacheng don't pay much attention to the testimony of others, because the methods of high-level immortal cultivators are profound, and what low-level immortal cultivators see with their eyes may not be true, and their testimony is not reliable!
Although testimony must also be collected, it can only be used as supporting evidence, and if there is no main evidence, testimony cannot have legal effect alone!
Shacheng is governed by law, the law is strict, and there should be very few illegal behaviors in material trading, in fact, too!
During Liu Xun's reign, the illegal behavior of the monks decreased a lot, making Shacheng the safest city in Jindingmen, and commerce was very prosperous because of it!
This achievement is obvious to all, Liu Xun is inevitably a little complacent, and the city lord behind him does not dare to change these laws easily, so he has been using them!
The later city lord did not dare to remove the personnel of the Law Enforcement Hall, but he also wanted to insert some personnel into it!
There are more and more people in the Law Enforcement Hall, but the way of handling cases has not changed, because of the existence of the head Liu Xun, no one dares to say irresponsible about the law enforcement procedures in Shacheng!
The prestige of the two city lords behind Shacheng is not enough to suppress the law enforcement hall with Shang Fang's sword in hand, and the Dugu Wanren Lord can even compete with the city lord!
Now that the law enforcement hall is sitting big, it stands to reason that the law and order in Shacheng should not deteriorate, and there should be few illegal incidents!
Things are just the opposite, there are more and more illegal incidents in Shacheng, and the Law Enforcement Hall is also busy!
But they are not dissatisfied, the service attitude is good, and they work overtime to deal with these cases!
Because it is difficult for every party to prove that they have not violated the law, as long as someone reports that you have violated the law, this law enforcement hall can punish you!
As a result, there are some idlers in Shacheng who specialize in finding fault with merchants in their spare time, and almost every day there are people suing businessmen because they make a living from lawsuits!
The result of encouraging lawsuits is that a large number of businessmen are falsely accused, which makes the merchants' taxes increase significantly, causing business losses, or having to use spirit stones to provide evidence, which invisibly increases the cost of business, and the welfare of the law enforcement hall is getting better and better!
For a period of time, only shops were open in Shacheng, and the courtyard was cold, and the bazaar was deserted, and no one dared to set up stalls in the bazaar, for fear of being sued!
And Shacheng was originally the largest distribution center for refining materials, and those managers thought that the commercial transactions in Shacheng were mainly based on the wholesale business of those bulk refining materials, and the trading volume of these stalls was very small, so they didn't take it very seriously!
The law enforcement hall felt that these hawkers had caused a lot of pressure on the city's security, so they deliberately suppressed them.
But the next thing surprised them, although the bulk of the business is still being done, but the popularity of Shacheng has been greatly reduced, and the retail of those high-tax refining materials has been reduced, and the tax revenue of the entire Shacheng has dropped by nearly thirty percent!
With so much less tax and the profits paid to the sect, the normal operation of the city has become a problem, and the current city lord Liu Yang has no choice, after consulting the master, he ordered the Law Enforcement Hall to change the direction of the case!
The law enforcement hall has been idle for a long time, and it has become the Qingshui Yamen, which is not what they want, and they are also very cooperative with the decision of the City Lord's Mansion, and this matter is not difficult to do!
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