The Monterey jail-inspection report. The Tribunal's weekly *visita de cárcel* commission reports the capital's public jail held 5 prisoners — 'dos de los que llaman de razón, y 3 Neófitos, todos 5 mejicanos' — each constitutionally questioned per art. 59 of the Decreto de 1837 (p.549–50). Then a vivid dungeon description: the *calabozo* has 'sin piso alguno… á pelo de tierra tan húmedo que en el fango se ocultaba una 3ª parte… del regatón de los bastones,' walls 'muy negras… que no se distinguen los objetos… á la distancia de una vara,' only two half-*vara* claraboyas, prisoners relieving themselves 'dentro de un barril,' an 'impulgero intolerable' — 'el cuadro horroroso que presenta la cárcel' (p.551–2). The Tribunal's remedy (17 Jun): the *reos comunicados* be given 'cuando menos una hora de sol' daily (p.555–6); + it returns the *juicio sumario* against the criminal Santiago O'Brien for strict compliance (p.557); + the causa vs Juan González, juez de paz inferior (p.549–50).
| Date | 1842-06-13 → 07-11 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Juan Malarín (Presidente, Tribunal Superior de Justicia, Monterey) |
| To | Juez de 1ª Instancia |
| Series | Departmental State Papers, Monterey |
| Tomo | I–VIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.549–557 |
| Savage copy page | — |
| Scan leaf | n354 |
| Document type | abstract + near-verbatim |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Juan Malarín (Presidente, Tribunal Superior de Justicia, Monterey) to Juez de 1ª Instancia, 1842-06-13 → 07-11, Departmental State Papers, Monterey, I–VIII, p.549–557, Archives of California, C-A 43, 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 I–VIII]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/ca43/ca43-d752.html