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PFIILIPPINE

STUDIES

10

December

The list is shown

to Rizal who chooses

Luis

de

Taviel.

l0 December

(Same

day).

Taviel

acceps.

11 December

The

juez

instructor

(Dominguee)

dr:cides that

it

is

un-

necessar/'

for

Rizal to corfront

his

accusers.

(Same

day). Rizal

is formally

arraigned.

(Same

day).

The procedure

begins

for

the canfixation

of

Ri.ral's properties

and

other

assets

to

reimburse

the

govemment

in

the amount

of one million

pesos for the

damage

that Rizal had inflicld

on the nation.

The

juez

inskructor

declares

the

case

ready

for

trial,

At

thi$

point

thfie was

a

change

of

administration.

Blanco was

relieved

of

his post and

the

new

governor and

captain

general

as-

sumed

office.

This

was

the newly arrived

Camilo de

Polavieia,

Mar-

quis

of

Tenerife

and former

govemor

of Cuba.

But

the change

of

governors

did not

break the speed

with

which

Rizal'*

case was

rushed

through.

On

the

sarne

day

that

he

assumed

office

(I2

De-

cemkr

1896)

Polavieia

endorsed

the

case

to Auditor

General

de

Guerra

Nimlas

de

la

Pefla

for final

action,3 The remaining

event$

were

as

follows:

17 December

Pefta's

decision.

21

December

Alcocer

(firal)

submits his Brief

for

the

Prosecution.

2?

Debember

The

preoeutor/s

Brief is shown to

Rizal

and

his

defense

counsel,

24

December

(Christmas

Eve).

The

iudges

,ot

the court

rnartial

are

appointed.

?5

December

25 l)ecembcr

26

December

25 December

25 December

(Same

day).

Polavieja

endorses

the

death

sntence to

Auditor

Ceneral de

Cuerra

Pefra

for comment.

Pefta

recommends

approval

of

death

sentence.

Polavicja orders

the death

sentence

to

be

carried

out.

Fle specifies

the day,

the

hor,rr, the

place,

and the

man-

ner

of death.

(30

Decernber

at

7

a.m.

in Bagumbayan

field, by firing

squad.)

11 December

11 Decembs

12 December

27

December

28 December

(Christmas

Day). Rizal is shown

the

list

of

iudges.

The

court

martial

is

held. The

judges

listened

to.the

prosecutor's

Brief, the

defense

counsel's Brief,

and

Riza-l's Adiciones

a mi

defunsa.

(Same

day).

Sentence of

death

is

pronounced.

(Same

day).

The death

sentence

is

communicaied

to

Polavieja.

29 December

The death

sntence

is read to

Rizal

He

is

placed

,,en

capilia.

30

December

Rizal is

shot.

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