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| | Filibusters into New Spanish Texas |
 | | Don Juan Jose Ruiz de Bustamente was the prosecuting attorney for the government, and Don Pedro Ramos de Verea, counsel for the defendants. |
 | | The judge, Don Pedro Galindo de Navarro, on the 23d day of January, 1804, ordered the release of the prisoners; but as General Nemecio Salcedo, commandant of the provinces, objected, they were detained. |
 | | The proceedings were sent to the King of Spain, and he, by a royal decree, dated at El Pardo, February 23, 1807, ordered the authorities to hang, one out of five of the prisoners and condemn the others to ten years' hard labor. |
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