Note 27 — Chapter VIII · THE AUDIENCIA AND THE GOVERNOR: CONFLICTS OF JURISDICTION
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The legal phases of this question together with the opinions of the royal fiscal and the leading councillors are set forth in the consulta of the Council of the Indies of March 18, 1720, A. I., 68–2–8. In this consulta an effort is made to fix responsibility for the murder of the governor, and to determine the legality of his acts.