Mission SF Indians Cosme, Felipe, Emiliano, Sempero prosecuted for killing Hermón Esteban & Fidel…

Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), tomo LIII–LXVIII · BANC MSS C-A 18, document 20

Mission SF Indians Cosme, Felipe, Emiliano, Sempero prosecuted for killing Hermón Esteban & Fidel (asleep) night of 2 May. Original has drawings of the weapons (knife, hammer, pike). Fiscal: treacherous murders → death by hanging for Sempero, Emiliano & Adriano 'en nombre de la Soberana Junta de la Regencia del imperio mexicano'; Felipe de Venecia 10 yrs presidio + expatriation from mission, to publicly witness the others' execution

Date1822-05-03 (exact)
FromCmdt. Argüello
Tofiscal Tte. Ignacio Martínez, escribano cabo José Reyes Berroyosa
PlaceSF Presidio
SeriesDep. State Papers, Benicia (Military)
TomoLIII–LXVIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo page740–94
Scan leafn76–n77
Document typetranscription
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentCmdt. Argüello to fiscal Tte. Ignacio Martínez, escribano cabo José Reyes Berroyosa, SF Presidio, 1822-05-03, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LIII–LXVIII, 740–94, 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-d20.html
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