Heading: 'Branciforte á Borica. Vista del auditor de guerra, en proceso contra un indio q.e mató su muger p.r celos.' [= viceregal transmission of the war auditor's sentence in the criminal process against an Indian who killed his wife out of jealousy]. 'El virrey le dirije al gob.r la sentencia del auditor para su cumplim.to' — the auditor holds that in the process 'no hay cuerpo de delito, fé de heridas, ni otra comprobacion del crimen' beyond the accused's own confession; the man, 'refugiado en la Iglesia', confessed to the Alcalde that he had killed his wife 'por vivir ilicitam.te con un otro indio y no haberse enmendado aunq.l castigada ya por los P.P. M.M.' [= Padres Misioneros]; that one night 'la montó sobre su caballo y la llevó al monte, la dio muchas puñaladas, y patadas — y notando no se movia la enterró.' The auditor to the viceroy: 'De todo se infiere no haber habido premeditacion, alevosia, ni instrumento á proposito para matar, ni menos intencion, y si, falta de talento p.a castigar á su muger, q.e lo hizo desproporcionalm.te y conforme su barbarie' — and condemns him 'á 4 años de trabajos p.blicos en su residencia — en calidad de inmune' [= as a person under ecclesiastical immunity, having taken church sanctuary].
| Date | 1797 Dic. 20 (year) |
|---|---|
| From | Branciforte á Borica |
| Place | Orizaba |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XV |
| Original tomo page | pp. 843 - 845. |
| Savage copy page | 474 [printed stamp] / 277 [ink folio, ABOVE the stamp] |
| Scan leaf | n473 |
| Document type | abstract with quoted extract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
Read this leaf on the Internet Archive ↗ · leaf n473
Branciforte á Borica, Orizaba, 1797 Dic. 20, Provincial State Papers, XV, pp. 843 - 845., Archives of California, C-A 8, 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/ca8/ca8-d441.html