Case #1877

Case Description

Francesco Preoni was murdered by the brothers Bortolamio and Valerio Merlo while on his way to visit his attorney. They ambushed him in the narrow street where said attorney lived striking him in the groin with arquebus fire and then clubbing him to death with their firearms.

Motive

A longstanding enmity inflamed by the fact that the Merlo brothers had been prosecuted for previously trying to kill Preoni with arquebuses on March 24 having wounded him badly (see case 1878).

Legal Record

Court

Council of Ten

Trial phase

denunciation

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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