Case #4034.1

homicide Pre-meditated Homicide Fatal

Case Description

Augustin Franceschi was killed at night in Santa Maria Zobenigo in a planned ambush. Ser Giovanni Battista Bragadin and Ser Carlo Zen conspired together along with an accomplice or knowing party in Nicoletto Stani to murder the said Franceschi. Bragadin and Zen, wearing masks and the attire of zanni, hid themselves outside the victim's house and as he returned home in the evening they surprised him and assaulted him with knives and "other weapons." Zen managed to strike Franceschi with a mortal wound which killed him immediately.

Legal Record

Court
Council of Ten
Trial phase
summons

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
Proclami Filza No. 8; Criminale Filza No. 22

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Case #4034.2 · Homicide

Via: Agustin Franceschi, Giovanni Battista Bragadin

June 11, 1587

Venice