Proceso vs soldier José Antonio Ignacio Lugo for fatally wounding Teodora (wife of the Indian Teodoro, a…

Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), tomo LIII–LXVIII · BANC MSS C-A 18, document 306

Proceso vs soldier José Antonio Ignacio Lugo for fatally wounding Teodora (wife of the Indian Teodoro, a Sta Inés neophyte); escribano Antonio Solórzano; fiscal asks 8 yrs grillete al pie; ⭐ the defender's eloquent closing plea invokes natural law and the principle of favoring the accused in doubt — 'el dro natural que claman para que se favorezca siempre á los delincuentes en caso de duda y se inclinen los Jueces á la piedad'; no resolution recorded

Date1827-09-28 (exact)
FromJoaquín Maitorena (fiscal); defender Antonio Rodríguez
PlaceSanta Bárbara
SeriesDep. State Papers, Benicia (Military)
TomoLIII–LXVIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pageLXIII.640–731
Scan leafn293–n294
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentJoaquín Maitorena (fiscal); defender Antonio Rodríguez, Santa Bárbara, 1827-09-28, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LXIII.640–731, 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-d306.html
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