Ejecución de una sentencia* — soldier José Antonio Rosas (age 18, of the Pueblo de Los Ángeles) executed…

Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), tomo XX–XXXIX · BANC MSS C-A 16, document 222

*Ejecución de una sentencia* — soldier José Antonio Rosas (age 18, of the Pueblo de Los Ángeles) executed for bestiality (with a mule) committed 20 June 1800 at Mission San Buenaventura, seen by Indians; sentenced by the Auditor de Guerra to be hanged & his body burned with the mule — no hangman, so shot then burned; prosecuted by alférez Pablo de Cota (fiscal), defended by Sgt José Ortega; case sent to México; convicted & confessed (the original process fills these pages)

Date1801-02-11 (exact)
FromFelipe de Goycoechea & escribano Ignacio Martínez
PlaceSanta Bárbara
SeriesProvincial State Papers, Benicia (Military)
TomoXX–XXXIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo page490–533
Savage copy page137
Scan leafn136
Document typeabstract (criminal case)
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentFelipe de Goycoechea & escribano Ignacio Martínez, Santa Bárbara, 1801-02-11, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XX–XXXIX, 490–533, Archives of California, C-A 16, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within XX–XXXIX]Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca16/ca16-d222.html
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