Note 33 — Chapter IV · JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE AUDIENCIA; THE RESIDENCIA1

The audiencia suspended the proposed action of Coloma, pending the reply of the Council of the Indies. In addition to the protest of the audiencia, the fiscal, on May 20, 1670, sent a report of the case to the court, which act was in fulfillment of his regular duties as fiscal, as prescribed by the laws of the Indies.33 The notes from Manila were effective in bringing about the desired results. Upon receipt of the communications, the Council of the Indies, on June 17, 1671, ordered the nullification of all former cédulas, cancelled Coloma’s appointment to take the residencia in question, on the grounds that he had been the governor’s asesor, and appointed Fernando de Montemayor, the oidor next in rank, to conduct the residencia of the governor.34 Salcedo had already been dead three years, and two more transpired before his residencia was completed and the autos thereof reviewed by the Council.