Causa vs. Luis, a Santa Clara neófito, for killing Atanasio (another SC neophyte). A long case (1830–1833, ~114 pp. of declarations; several Indians — León, Marcos, Lucas — held on suspicion); fiscals Berreyesa then Sánchez; defender Alf. M. G. Vallejo. Luis petitioned Gov. Figueroa (arrived 1833) over ~2 years' imprisonment for a calumny. ⭐⭐ Asesor Gómez (13 Oct 1831): the evidence is weak — absolve Luis; and open a sumaria against fiscal sargto Berreyesa for falsifying the witness declarations (Vicente & Tiliburo[?]). The case stalled during the 1831–32 political turmoil (Victoria's overthrow). Gov. Figueroa (16 Feb 1833) freed Luis, restored to his mission after ~2.5 years' wrongful imprisonment. A miscarriage-of-justice / fiscal-falsification case spanning the Victoria→Figueroa transition. Orig. pp.2–108, 116–127.
| Date | 1833-02-25 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | fiscal José Sánchez (earlier José Berreyesa) |
| Place | San Francisco |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | LXIX–LXXVII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | 2–127 |
| Savage copy page | 316–319 |
| Scan leaf | n321–n324 |
| Document type | verbatim/criminal |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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fiscal José Sánchez (earlier José Berreyesa), San Francisco, 1833-02-25, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LXIX–LXXVII, 2–127, Archives of California, C-A 19, 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 LXIX–LXXVII]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/ca19/ca19-d174.html