Criminal causa — homicide of a neophyte wife: proceedings against José Fidel (indio, native of the Río Colorado, raised at the Presidio [de Sonoma/Monterey], ~20) for the beating-death of his wife, the neófita Felipa, at a ranchería, 10 Feb 1828 (struck on the head & breast with a *chicote* on suspicion of infidelity). Witnesses Melchor Fitiapa (indio cristiano), Ana María, the victim's mother. The Supremo Tribunal de México (5 Jun 1829) sentenced Fidel to 4 years' public-works labor — no evidence the wounds caused death. → Indian social/legal history; domestic violence & neophyte justice.
| Date | 1828-02 → 1829-06 (month) |
|---|---|
| From | Juez Fiscal Alf. Vicente Rocha; Comte. Pablo de la Portilla; scribe José Mª Mauricio |
| Place | San Diego |
| Series | Archives of California, Miscellaneous |
| Tomo | — |
| Original tomo page | p.470–475 (573) |
| Savage copy page | 306–308 |
| Scan leaf | n328–n330 |
| Document type | causa (criminal) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Juez Fiscal Alf. Vicente Rocha; Comte. Pablo de la Portilla; scribe José Mª Mauricio, San Diego, 1828-02 → 1829-06, Miscellaneous, —, p.470–475 (573), Archives of California, C-A 62, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.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/ca62/ca62-d313.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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