Case #1808
abduction
Abduction
Case Description
Signor Teffo Ghisi kidnapped the Lady Mariastella Canossi from the convent at San Francesco where she was under protective custody with the intention to forcibly marry her. He and his thugs used violent force to break in to the convent.
Motive
Wants to marry the victim.
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
Witnesses
Mother Superior Mother Superior of San Francesco Convent in Verona
Testimony: 29 July 1631
She testifies that Ghisi and his thugs used violent force to break into the convent and abduct Mariastella as well as of other crimes in which he threatened her life.
Archival Sources
- Source
- Capi di Consiglio di Dieci
- Archival location
- Rettori di Verona, #200
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