Causa criminal: an averiguación opened on Vicente Ríos's complaint that the soldier [J.] Becerra had…

Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), tomo LXIX–LXXVII · BANC MSS C-A 19, document 84

Causa criminal: an averiguación opened on Vicente Ríos's complaint that the soldier [J.] Becerra had handed Ríos's wife 'unos papeles con polvos p[ar]a que lo echase en su alimento' (powders to put in Ríos's food) and boasted that the better clothes she wore he had given her. Escribano Sargto Dámaso[?] Rodríguez. Fiscal's dictamen: per the wife's declaration Becerra's conversations with her 'pasaron á solas'; to avert 'alg[un]a desgracia,' Becerra to be sent back to his company and held under arrest pending the Comandante General. 'Así se hizo.' Orig. pp.294–302.

Date1830-03-02 (exact)
FromDomingo Carrillo, Juez fiscal
PlaceSanta Bárbara
SeriesDep. State Papers, Benicia (Military)
TomoLXIX–LXXVII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo page294–302
Savage copy page73
Scan leafn73
Document typeverbatim/criminal
Sourceverbatim transcription

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How to cite this documentDomingo Carrillo, Juez fiscal, Santa Bárbara, 1830-03-02, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LXIX–LXXVII, 294–302, 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-d84.html
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