Case #574

Case Description

Jacomo et Lorenzo go to wash their cows in the stream on Antonio's property; Antonio's son Nicolo rudely tells them to leave, they can't wash the cows here, because he doesn't want dung in the water he uses to cook with every day and to water his cows; Giuliano shows up and says "what's all this then" and his nephews explain, and Giuliano calls Nicolo a few names (canaglia, cappellazzo, becco scornuto) and Nicolo gets mad, and goes off to his porch to get some rope to drag the cows away, and Giuliano and Jacomo come up with a ronca and a pitchfork, and stab him in the back and then the face; Lorenzo shows up with Rossa his aunt, both armed, and they "unsheathed his spine"

Motive

family argument over livestock rights

Outcome

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

Archival Sources

Archival location

II.138.3232

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