Neophyte Fabio stabbed & killed his wife Joviniana (2 neck, 1 back, 1 arm wounds). Defender pleads adultery + provocation (she attacked him w/ knife) and that Fabio is barely Christianized. Fiscal's dictamen treats minimal Christianization as mitigation — baptized 6–7 yrs, never confessed, 'sin ninguna emoción en las cosas de Nuestra Sagrada religión,' ignorant he could appeal to justice → asks 5 yrs presidio public works, removed from area (not death)
| Date | 1822-06-02 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Cpl. Olivera |
| To | Capt. José de la Guerra (cmdt. Sta. Bárbara); sumaria by Sgt. Dámaso Rodríguez, escribano Rafael Pico; defender Alf. José Joaquín Maitorena |
| Place | San Buenaventura |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | LIII–LXVIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | 644–70 |
| Scan leaf | n65–n68 |
| Document type | transcription |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Cpl. Olivera to Capt. José de la Guerra (cmdt. Sta. Bárbara); sumaria by Sgt. Dámaso Rodríguez, escribano Rafael Pico; defender Alf. José Joaquín Maitorena, San Buenaventura, 1822-06-02, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LIII–LXVIII, 644–70, Archives of California, C-A 18, 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 LIII–LXVIII]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/ca18/ca18-d15.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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