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 Page v 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 Page viii 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