Case #1871

assault Assault

Case Description

Bartolomeo Merighi was wounded from behind by Giovanni son of Domenico with a blunderbuss while kneeling and reciting the Ave Maria in the Church of San Sebastiano.

Motive

The assailant was likely commissioned to try and kill the victim by Giovanni Marzano and his sons. Merighi had been engaged in a civil lawsuit against them and they had sought multiple means to kill him.

Legal Record

Court
Council of Ten

Outcome

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

Fatal
Convicted
Sentence enforced
In contumacia
Pardoned
Arbitration

Archival Sources

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