Translation No. 054
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Date: 1519, September 15
Theme: Inquiry-questionnaire in juicio de residencia or audit of Santo Domingo’s colonial officials
Source: Archivo General de Indias, Justicia 43, Número 1, fos. lxxi (71r.) – lxxiiiio (74r.). CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Dominican Colonial Documents Collection
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71 / follows: Also, whether they know, etc., that the said licenciado had the said / |
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following his orders, they had killed a man beating him with a stick. The licenciado, / |
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In the matter of the pearls of Francisco Dorta / |
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as its captain and to barter guanines, being as it has been said/ In the matter of factor Juan de Ampiés / In the matter of Castillo’s female hound dog / In the matter of the Carib slave of Diego Caballero/ Firstly, [they] must be asked whether they know that the said / Also whether they know, etcetera, that the said Diego Caballero had / |
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the said one sent a ship for the said bartering in which the said licenciado / |
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[1] Immediately after these questions, in the following folios or sheets of the proceedings of the “jucio de residencia” or audit-trial of the colonial government officials’ performance, the answers-depositions given by a series of witnesses are recorded. Each witness responded to a varied selection of the questions, and some responded to more questions and/or in lengthier manner than others.