Case #2008

Fraud Other Convicted

Case Description

Ser Alessandro Bon, son of Marin and son-in-law to Piero Mocenigo, was sentenced to be beheaded by the Council of Ten. Bon had promised to reveal the plans of Maximillian II to invade Venice. When no such attack took place, he confessed to fraud.

Motive

Financial gain

Legal Record

Court
Consiglio di Dieci
Trial phase
sentence

Outcome

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

Fatal
Convicted
Sentence enforced
In contumacia
Pardoned
Arbitration
Sentence: beheading

Archival Sources

Source
Tassini, Alcune delle più clamorose condanne capitali
Reference
ASVe.IS.1256C_71|Newb.MS.6A.34_8|UVa.MSS.92.1_5

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