The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 21, July 1917 - April, 1918 Page: 276
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276 The Southwestern Historical Quarterly
This he had done in order to secure his own monopoly in com-
mercial matters within the province. He had, moreover, sup-
pressed the trade of the neighboring tribe, the Igorrotes, with the
Ilocanos. He had failed to segregate the men from the women
in the provincial prison. It was said that he had neglected to
publish the governor's edicts (bandos) from Manila. He had
shown partiality to Spanish priests in preference to, the native
clergy. He was charged with having ta,lken rice as tribute at a
low price, turned it over to the treasury officials at a high rate,
thereby having made great profits for himself.
Zendera was found guilty of almost every charge made against
him. The sentence of residencia was pronounced by the judge
commissioned for the piurp-ose on August 13, 1782. The defend-
ant was fined 8,000 pesos and sentenced to deprivation of office
for a period of five years. The audiencia, in turn, reviewed the
case and that tribunal, on May 20, 1783, ordered Moguel back to
Vig6n for a second time to complete the investigation. The
judgment of residencia after this second investigation was the
same as before, and the case was carried to the Council of the In-
dies on November 7, 1785. It seems that the audiencia had been
slow in granting the appeal, for on February 19, 1788, a cedula
ordered the audiencia to, forward all autos in its possession bear-
ing on the case. The final judgment of the Council of the Indies
was rendered March 23, 1794. The fine of 8,000 pesos was re-
duceed to 3,000 and the sentence to deprivation of office was re-
mitted altogether.7
The cdula of August 24, 1799, already referred to, greatly
altered the applicability of the residencia of provincial officials.
Its greatest importance consisted of the fact that it authorized
investigations only when charges were made, otherwise it was as-
sumed that the conduct of officials had been satisfactory, and
accordingly no residencia was held. Before officials were trans-
ferred to other posts they were obliged to show certificates of
clearance from former positions. The audiencia was given final
"The original sentence probably denied to Z6ndera the privilege of hold-
ing the office of alcalde mayor only, since he occupied the post of regidor
of the city of Marila pending the appeal of his case to the Council of the
Indies. It is evident, therefore, that the sentence which was pronounced
upon Zendera did not apply to 'all positions of honor and trust.
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