Before this, although the length of penal servitude was decided in proportion to the sum of the lost money, the actual term of imprisonment was never told to the criminals and it is said that they never knew what kind of punishment they had been sentenced to until they were released.
それまでは、被害額の総額に応じて徒の年数は定められていたものの、その年数が罪人に示されることは無く、罪人は釈放されて初めて自分がどんな刑罰を受けたのかを知ったという。