Case #1786

Case Description

Two unknown men armed with pistols attacked Battista Borino who was working in the fields. They asked if he had a mare to sell before surrounding him, leveling their weapons at him, and shooting him in the leg. He was severely wounded in a fashion which threatened his life and required amputation.

Motive

Battista may have cut certain irrigation flows from the Marquis Bentivoglio's property which prompted his son Cornelio Bentivoglio to send the assailants to cripple him.

Legal Record

Court

Council of Ten

Outcome

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

Archival Sources

Source

Capi di Consiglio di Dieci

Archival location

Rettori di Verona, #200

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