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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