Penal Code, issued by Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, for the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Margraviate of Moravia, and the Duchy of Silesia [Present-day Czech Republic, Poland, Germany]: “Art. XIX, Section 20 – For anyone who engages in carnal relations with a Jew, or a Jewess, the minimum penalty, given the offensive nature of the act, shall be birching,* followed by permanent banishment from the land.” [Researcher’s note: *“Whippings administered with bundled birch branches and saplings” (McMee, Christopher. Sober Men and True – Sailor Lives in the Royal Navy. Harvard University Press: Cambridge, 2002. Page 41.)]
Joseph I. Neue Peinliche Halsgerichts-Ordnung Vor das Königreich Böheim / Marggrafthumb Mähren / und Hertzogthumb Schlesien (New Penal Code for the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Margraviate of Moravia, and the Duchy of Silesia). Parcus: Freiburg, 1711. Page 85. Researched by Dominik Jacobs 7/31/2020