Case #3526

Sexual assault Sexual Offenses

Case Description

Giovanni Battista Ruffoni "subjected the widow Pelegrina in Bussolengo to his libidinous and wicked lusts" and furthermore coerced the widow with violence into letting him see her daughter. Pelegrina's daughter was able to avoid Ruffoni's attempt to rape her, but both women were force to flee from their home in Bussolengo to escape any further violence from Ruffoni.

Legal Record

Court
Council of Ten
Trial phase
denunciation

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
Rettori di Verona, #200

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