Note 23 — Chapter I · THE AUDIENCIAS OF THE SPANISH COLONIES
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By the royal decree of May 23, 1879, the audiencias at Havana and Manila were each given a civil and criminal sala and a fiscal was provided for each sala as in the audiencias of Mexico and Lima. When it was necessary, oidores could be transferred from one sala to the other.—Colección legislativa de España, CXXII, 1093–1100.