Homicide: cavalry soldier Víctor Linares killed vecino Juan Germán (night of 28 Apr)

Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), tomo LIII–LXVIII · BANC MSS C-A 18, document 185

Homicide: cavalry soldier Víctor Linares killed vecino Juan Germán (night of 28 Apr); defender Tte Agustín Zamorano argued self-defense (Linares on sentry, Germán attacked him armed). Court-martial (Rocha, Valle, Ibarra, Portilla, Romualdo Pacheco + Echeandía) unanimously ACQUITTED him, honor & promotions intact, returned to service (14 Jul)

Date1826-04-29 (exact)
Fromfiscal Santiago Argüello; escribano Pío Pico
PlaceSan Diego
SeriesDep. State Papers, Benicia (Military)
TomoLIII–LXVIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pageLIX.140–262
Scan leafn210–n212
Document typetranscription
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentfiscal Santiago Argüello; escribano Pío Pico, San Diego, 1826-04-29, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LIX.140–262, 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-d185.html
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