Case #4082

homicide Pre-meditated Homicide Fatal

Case Description

Monsignor Silvestro Valier ordered his servant and steward Nicolo Grego to kill Mattio Moneda. This was on account of Valier's love for and affair with Moneda's wife Donna Laura Gabriel. The homicide was hidden for years.

Motive

Valier was in love with Moneda's wife Donna Laura Gabriel. He had a sexual relationship with her which angered Moneda greatly. Valier decided to have Moneda killed so that he could continue his relationship with Gabriel with greater freedom and convenience.

Legal Record

Court: Council of Ten
Trial phase: summons

Outcome

Filled indicator = recorded in source; hollow = not recorded or not applicable.

Fatal

Convicted

Sentence enforced

In contumacia

Pardoned

Arbitration

Archival Sources

Source: Capi di Consiglio di Dieci
Archival location: Proclami Filza No. 8