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Case #7

abduction

Case Description

Giustina, wife of Stefano Rossetto, plotted with her lover Hermani to be abducted, assaulted the servants, and carried away jewels

Date & Time

Date
April 19, 1615
Year
1615

Location

Address
Venice - (house)
City
Venice
Location Description
house in San Marco

People Involved

Victim(s)

  • Stefano and servants Rossetto

Perpetrator(s)

  • Silvestro Hermani
Relationship
lovers

Crime Details

Motive
adultery with Giustina
Fatality
No

Legal Information

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

Sources

Archival Location
ASV, X, Criminali, F 42