Page "Hugh II of Jaffa" Paragraph 6

:" No accuser or witnesses were necessary to prove the crime, for it was well known to all.

Since the regular process of law was needless, therefore, the king ordered a sentence commensurate with his guilt to be pronounced upon the man.

The court accordingly convened, and the assassin was sentenced by unanimous consent to suffer the penalty of mutilation of his members.

The judgment was reported to the king, who ordered the sentence to be carried out.

" ( William of Tyre, 14. 18 )