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Case #3

assault

Case Description

on the evening of Saturday the 28th of the current month, while the Most Reverend Monsignor Nuncio of His Holiness, near the bank by the Church of the Madonna dei Miracoli, was with the Lord Ambassador of His Catholic Majesty [the King of Spain] and they were about to board a boat, [Soranzo] had the audacity to enter their very boat and offend one of the servants of His Majesty.

Date & Time

Date
March 28, 1615
Year
1615
Day of Week
Saturday
Time
evening of

Location

Address
Venice - (canal)
City
Venice
Location Description
Canal of the Madonna dei Miracoli

People Involved

Victim(s)

  • unnamed servant

servant of the ambassador of Spain

Perpetrator(s)

  • Marco Soranzo

Crime Details

Court Classification
injurious words
Fatality
No

Legal Information

Trial Phase
summons
Convicted
No
Pardoned
No
Sentence Enforced
No
Arbitration
No

Sources

Archival Location
ASV, X, Criminali, F 42