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Case #1805

Homicide Pre-meditated Homicide Fatal

Motive

Enmity: A "slight grievance," which came to a head when Signor Lelio was on his way to church on the morning of Whitsunday and was confronted by Signor Opilio, soured the relationship between the two men. Although their dispute was mediated and supposedly cleared up through a mutual declaration of friendship thanks to Signor Annibale Giustini and the Cavalier Gian Paolo Mandello, Signor Opilio secretly retained his animosity despite cordial relations in public.

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
Sentence: Signor Lelio Giustini was assassinated by Signor Opilio Raimondi and his men. Raimondi assembled more than twenty men and positioned them in the houses of Carlo Busolin and Orazio di Merari in the Il Terraglio neighborhood near the village church. When Signor Lelio arrived in the area with some of his laborers the attackers fired more than two dozen arquebus shots gravely wounding the victim. The attackers then bludgeoned him with their arquebuses and barred any from approaching including Lelio's wife Ottavia and the priest she brought to give his last rights. After threatening Ottavia with sexual violence they proceeded to butcher the victim's corpse with two separate bouts of violence competing to pierce and mutilate the body with pistols and stilettos.

Witnesses

Ottavia Guariente

Testimony: 27 June 1631

Signor Lelio was assassinated by Signor Opilio and at least twenty hired men who then prevented bystanders from approaching, insulted her, and mutilated the body. Signor Opilio was motivated by a previous grievance that was thought to be resolved.

Archival Sources

Source
Capi di Consiglio di Dieci
Archival location
Rettori di Verona, #200

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