Causa criminal — the Indian Serafín accused the vecino Juan Mª Tapia of raping his wife (Serafia…

Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), tomo XL–LII · BANC MSS C-A 17, document 313

Causa criminal — the Indian Serafín accused the vecino Juan Mª Tapia of raping his wife (Serafia Paris[?], who then died, attributed to Tapia's mistreatment). The *dictamen* states Indian testimony is inadmissible: *'á los indios no se les puede llamar testigos mayores de toda excepción, pues aún siete de estos (según el Sr. Torre Granada) no hacen una semiplena probanza.'* Sentence: only 6 months' public works + grillete. Key on indigenous legal status. Orig. pp.723–79

Date1818-07-14 (events Jun 1818) (exact)
Fromfiscal Santiago Argüello
PlaceSan Diego
SeriesProvincial State Papers, Benicia (Military)
TomoXL–LII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagepp.723–79
Savage copy page250–252
Scan leafn249–n251
Document typeverbatim transcription
Sourceverbatim transcription

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How to cite this documentfiscal Santiago Argüello, San Diego, 1818-07-14 (events Jun 1818), Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XL–LII, pp.723–79, Archives of California, C-A 17, 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 XL–LII]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/ca17/ca17-d313.html
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