self-defense murder *sumaria* — soldier Joaquín Alfaro (Hidalgo battalion) killed Encarnación Hernández in a knife-fight; Alfaro's account: Hernández demanded a debt, attacked first with knife then bayonet (wounding Alfaro's face & thigh); ⭐ surgeon Manuel Alba's forensic autopsy (a 12-line × 70-deep stab through heart/lung); Gertrudis Garibay (who'd had relations with both men) implicated then referred to civil authority; defender Alférez Ignacio del Valle; Alfaro took church sanctuary at Mission San Carlos (Fr. Suárez del Real); case truncated in Savage's copy ('trunca aquí') — *expanded below*
| Date | 1834-06-10 → 07 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Capt. Juan Antⁿ Muñoz, Juez fiscal |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | LXXVIII–LXXXVIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.277–441 |
| Savage copy page | 10–19 |
| Scan leaf | n9–18 |
| Document type | abstract (criminal sumaria + autopsy) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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How to cite this document
Capt. Juan Antⁿ Muñoz, Juez fiscal, Monterey, 1834-06-10 → 07, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LXXVIII–LXXXVIII, p.277–441, Archives of California, C-A 20, 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 LXXVIII–LXXXVIII]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/ca20/ca20-d20.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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