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Case #21

homicide

Case Description

Domenico Peroli, having borne hatred toward Girolamo di Benzi, his enemy, together with Martio the merchant, after on the 2nd of January past having encountered Benzi’s father in the streets, assaulted and wounded him with four very grave wounds, whereupon the man, being taken to the hospital in Genoa, died.

Date & Time

Date
Jan. 2, 1615
Year
1615

Location

Address
Colugna
City
Colugna
Location Description
encountered in streets

People Involved

Victim(s)

  • Bernardino Benzi

father of Girolamo di Benzi, enemy of Zuane di Peroli

Perpetrator(s)

  • Domenico Zuane Peroli

outlaws

Relationship
enmity

Crime Details

Weapon
long and short arquebuses
Motive
odio
Fatality
Yes

Legal Information

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

Sources

Archival Location
ASV, X, Criminali