The Daniel Ferguson murder causa: the Scot Daniel Ferguson found dead 4 July with 7 stab wounds between the two lagunas on the Salinas road; examined by Juez de Paz Simeón Castro with Santiago Stokes as surgeon; José Antonio Arana jailed for 'homicidio y adulterio'; the widow M.a del Cármen Ruiz adulterous and 'quizás de acuerdo p.a el asesinato'; defensor Miera y Noreña ('maestro de escuela en la ex-mision de San José') excused, then Mariano Bonilla; 23 Dec sentence = expulsion from the Department or presidio; 24 Dec José R. Estrada, prefecto del 1er Distrito, reports to the Secretario. 1877 informant postscript traces Arana to S.n F.co, Sta Cruz, Mont. (1855-56). [Row rebuilt 2026-09-02 from the stretch re-read: the old row's span n401–n409 falsely covered four other causas (now d225–d228), and its San José/Castro/Anza fields belonged to the incest causa d227.]
| Date | 1841-12-23 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José de Amesti, Juez de Paz y de 1.a Inst.a — Causa criminal |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Departmental State Papers, Benicia |
| Tomo | II (Miscellaneous) (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | pp.229–353 |
| Savage copy page | 407–411 |
| Scan leaf | n408–n412 |
| Document type | causa (Savage abstract) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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José de Amesti, Juez de Paz y de 1.a Inst.a — Causa criminal, Monterey, 1841-12-23, Departmental State Papers, Benicia, II (Miscellaneous), pp.229–353, Archives of California, C-A 39, 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 II (Miscellaneous)]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/ca39/ca39-d149.html