Court Martial of Victor Segovia, soldier of segunda compania volante del Nuevo Santander accused of injuring Cavo of same company with a sword. Cosio, presiding judge finds Segovia guilty as Charged, requests death penalty. Virrey approves sentence. Includes filiacion of accused, plus testimony of witnesses. (J. H. Ochs, August 1988)

Request to governor by viceroy to transfer Pedro Jose and his band to Acordada prison in Mexico for trial. Governor insists in questioning and trying prisoners in Monterrey, viceroy orders presence of prisoners. Copy of diary about depredations and murders by Indians attached to documents. Diary written in 1786 by Alcalde mayor de Linares. Prisoners deny confessing to governor about murders also deny ever admitting them to official. Confusing set of documents follow as all documents of interrogation dated 1796, and death certificates of prisoners dated 1795. Viceroy and fiscal demand clarification as seventh prisoner appears when there were only six. Defending lawyer does good work but prisoners die in prison. Viceroy sends seventh to Castillo Juan de Ulua for 10 years, after sentence to live away from home as a free man. Viceroy requests prisoner be treated kindly. (A. Dell'acqua, September 1987)