Crime and Punishment in Late Colonial Mexico City, 1692-1810

427 Pages·1999·1.49 MB·English

by  Gabriel Haslip-Viera

Crime and Punishment in Late Colonial
title:
Mexico City, 1692-1810
author: Haslip-Viera, Gabriel.
publisher: University of New Mexico
isbn10 | asin: 0826318754
print isbn13: 9780826318756
ebook isbn13: 9780585192161
language: English
Crime--Mexico--Mexico City--History,
Punishment--Mexico--Mexico City--
subject History, Criminal justice, Administration of-
-Mexico--Mexico City--History, Mexico
City (Mexico)--Social conditions.
publication date: 1999
lcc: HV6815.M4H37 1999eb
ddc: 364.972/53
Crime--Mexico--Mexico City--History,
Punishment--Mexico--Mexico City--
subject: History, Criminal justice, Administration of-
-Mexico--Mexico City--History, Mexico
City (Mexico)--Social conditions.
Page iii
Crime And Punishment In Late Colonial Mexico
City 1692-1810
Gabriel Haslip-Viera
University of New Mexico Press Albuquerque
Page iv
© 1999 by the University of New Mexico Press
All rights reserved.
FIRST EDITION
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Haslip-Viera, Gabriel.
Crime and punishment in late colonial Mexico City,
1692-1810 / Gabriel Haslip-Viera. 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8263-187 -4 (alk. paper)
1. Crime Mexico Mexico City History.
2. Punishment Mexico Mexico City History.
3. Criminal justice, Administration ofMexico
Mexico CityHistory. 4. Mexico City (Mexico)
Social conditions. 1. Title.
HV6815 M4H37 1999
364.972'3 -dc21 98-58106
CIP
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Contents
List of Maps vii
List of Tables vii
Measures and Monetary Equivalents ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1 7
Society and the Urban Environment
2 37
The Late Colonial Criminal-Justice System
3 51
Crime and Social Disorder in Late Colonial Mexico City
4 81
Arrest, Incarceration, Trial, and Sentencing
5 101
Punishment and Corrections
Page vi
Conclusion 133
Notes 143
Bibliography 75
Index 187
Page vii
Maps
1 9
Mexico City, 1782
2 14
Mexico City, 1782, Indian Barrios of the Eighteenth
Century
3 16
Mexico City, 1782, Principal Canals of the Early
Eighteenth Century
4 46
Mexico City Divided into Cuarteles Mayores and Menores,
1782
Tables
1 19
Mexico City Population Estimates, 1697-1811
2 30
Daily Wages for Construction Workers and Employees of
the Royal Tobacco Factory, 1698-1804
3 54
Changes in the Structure of Urban Crime: Persons
Processed by the Municipal Tribunals of Mexico City, 17 0-
1796
4 55
Comparison of the Types of Crimes Processed by the
Alcalde Ordinario of Cuartel Mayor No. 7, 1796, and the
Sala del Crimen, 1800-1817
5 56
Age Structure for Mexico City Residents, 1790, and
Persons Processed by the Sala del Crimen, 1800-1817, and
the Alcalde Ordinario of Cuartel Mayor No. 7, 1796
6 57
Men and Women Processed by the Alcalde Ordinario of
Cuartel Mayor No. 7, 1796, and the Sala del Crimen, 1800-
1817
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7 58
Percentage of Men and Women Processed by the Sala
del Crimen and the Alcalde Ordinario of Cuartel Mayor
No. 7, Mexico City, 1796/1800-1817
8 59
Population of Mexico City, 1790-1811, and the Ethnic
Breakdown of Persons Prosecuted by the Sala del
Crimen, 1800-1817
9 60-61
Occupational Status of Mexico City Residents
Processed by the Sala del Crimen, 1800-1817, and the
Alcalde Ordinario of Cuartel Mayor No. 7, 1796
10 62
Socioeconomic Background of Individuals Processed
for Various Infractions by the Alcalde Ordinario of
Cuartel Mayor No. 7, Mexico City, 1796
11 63
Socioeconomic Background of Individuals Processed
for Various Infractions by the Sala del Crimen, Mexico
City, 1800-1817
12 76
Individuals Prosecuted by the Fiel Ejecutoría for Petty
Frauds, 1701-1797
13 84
Legal Fees for the Trial of José Ygnacio Quintana and
Juan Ygnacio España, Mexico City, May 7, 1793
14 89
Prisoners in the Mexico City Jails, according to the
Census of 1790
15 94
Annual Salaries for Individuals Employed by the
Tribunal of the Acordada, 1788
16 103
Structure of Sentences Handed Down by the Sala del
Crimen and the Alcalde Ordinario of Cuartel Mayor No.
7, Mexico City, 1796/1800-1817
17 113
Change in the Structure of Acordada Convict Labor
Sentences, 1703-1808