Causa criminal: presidiarios Francisco Marmolejo & Octaviano Espinosa accused of stealing an otter pelt ('piel de nutria') from the house of Thomas O. Larkin, 5 Apr 1835. Sargto Andrés Cervantes escribano. Fiscal finds the theft proven but their sentences already served since 12 Jul; asks 2 more years. Statements also incriminate one Carmen García. (No Asesor dictamen / Comdte-Genl decree present here.) Prior record: the two + Cesáreo Sánchez robbed a citizen in Guanajuato 1829, sentenced 6 yrs service in Alta Cal. (pp.300–378).
| Date | 4 Nov 1835, Monterey |
|---|---|
| From | Juan Bautista Leighton, Tte de Marina, Juez Fiscal |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | LXXVIII–LXXXVIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | pp.300–378 |
| Savage copy page | 193 |
| Scan leaf | n192 |
| Document type | verbatim (fiscal's conclusion quoted) + abstract |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Juan Bautista Leighton, Tte de Marina, Juez Fiscal, 4 Nov 1835, Monterey, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LXXVIII–LXXXVIII, pp.300–378, 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-d232.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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