Note 16 — Chapter III · THE JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE AUDIENCIA
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The audiencia was empowered to compel testimony from all persons and authorities.16 As already noted, the oidores of audiencias which did not contain alcaldes del crimen were authorized to entertain appeals from persons who had been condemned to death.17 The same was true of all other criminal cases that were admitted to appeal. Members of religious and military orders were not exempted from the jurisdiction of the audiencia.18