Pide que se le absuelva de la pena pecuniaria de $50 que le aplicó un Juez por haberse contrariamente…

Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents, tomo Unbound · BANC MSS C-A 63, document 489

Pide que se le absuelva de la pena pecuniaria de $50 que le aplicó un Juez por haberse contrariamente contravenido á un bando que prohíbe vender licores á los indios; funda su petición en que para eximirse del castigo de azotes con que le amenazó un Juez le fue preciso denunciar al vendedor del vino; pero el Juez no le dio crédito & le condenó á sufrir la multa dicha, que su amo se obligó á pagar por él quedándole por su parte responsable á satisfacerle esta cantidad con un año de trabajo personal — ⭐ an Indian petitioning against a $50 liquor-sale fine, having faced a whipping threat & bound to a year of labor to repay his master — a rare Indian-voice document on the debt/labor/punishment nexus

Date1846-05-05 (exact)
FromJuan José (indio)
ToGobernador
PlaceSta Bárbara
SeriesMiscellaneous / Unbound Documents
TomoUnbound
Original tomo page—
Savage copy page348
Scan leafn350–351
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentJuan José (indio) to Gobernador, Sta Bárbara, 1846-05-05, Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents, Unbound, —, Archives of California, C-A 63, 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/ca63/ca63-d489.html
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