The Ignacio Leonardo Herrera ecclesiastical-asylum causa (the concrete case behind Doc 93). The civilian Ignacio Leonardo Herrera (age 29, native of Guadalajara; escribano + 'principios de flebotomía') knifed the cavalry-sentinel Miguel Castro (cuts to arm/finger/back) on 17 May 1830, in revenge after Castro drove him 'á cintarazos' from the calabozo (where he'd gone to give prisoner Hilario García tobacco) and mocked him; Herrera pleaded he acted 'ciego de cólera.' He then fled the jail in his shackles and took refuge in the Mission San Diego church, claiming ecclesiastical immunity (asilo/retraimiento) — touching off a long church-vs-state battle. Fiscal Ignacio del Valle extracted him under a 'papel de iglesia' (caución juratoria) citing the order of 7 Oct 1775; Fr. Vicente Pasqual de Oliva (SD) and Father-President Fr. José Sánchez (San Gabriel) defended the asylum (Gregorian bull *Cum alias nonnulli*; Benedict XIII/XIV; the 1814 Francisco de Asís precedent), while Asesor Lic. [Rafael] Gómez ruled the crime excepted (alevosía; the bull 'no está recibida' in Spain; R. Órdenes 1750/1775/1787/1794). Outcome: Herrera sentenced to 8 años de presidio (Gómez, San Carlos 6 Nov; Echeandía decreed 22 Nov; finalized 19 Jan 1831); SD cmdt. Santiago Argüello protested Herrera was 'sentenciado sin oír el alegato de su defensor.' → verbatim in Expanded Entry B. ⚠️ This Herrera (civilian scribe, b. Guadalajara) is distinct from subcomisario José Mª Herrera (the Solís ally). Orig. pp.535–645.
| Date | 1830-05-18 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Ignacio del Valle, Ayudante de Plaza, Juez fiscal |
| To | Cmdt. Gen. |
| Place | San Diego |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | LXIX–LXXVII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | 535–645 |
| Savage copy page | 93–116 |
| Scan leaf | n93–n116 |
| Document type | verbatim/criminal |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Ignacio del Valle, Ayudante de Plaza, Juez fiscal to Cmdt. Gen., San Diego, 1830-05-18, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LXIX–LXXVII, 535–645, 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-d94.html