[15] Royal order of January 30, 1855, Colección legislativa de España, LXIV, 105–147.
[16] Royal order of January 22, 1787, A. I., 107–5–16.
[17] That the consejo de guerra was something more than a (tribunal of) courtmartial and that it actually participated in the administration of military affairs may be seen in the cédula of June 22, 1599, which authorized the local consejo to act with the audiencia and cabildo in restraining the military officials in the provinces from imposing undue exactions on the natives, assessing them too heavily or confiscating their property in the equipment of military forces in time of threatened invasion (Recopilación, 3–4–3).
[18] On March 12, 1781, Governor Basco y Vargas complained to the king against the inconvenience of having to appeal the decisions of the local council of war to the Supreme Council in Madrid. This was the practice followed in other parts, he said, but it was undesirable in the Philippines on account of the isolation and the distance. He recommended instead that these cases should be appealed to a board consisting of the governor and two asesores—one his own, and the other an oidor to be designated by him. This recommendation was not accepted (A. I., 106–1–18).
[19] Audiencia to Váldez, December 11, 1788, A. I., 107–5–16.
[20] Royal order of March 27, 1802, A. I., 107–5–16.
[21] Case of Don Diego Salvatierra, November 20, 1792, A. I., 105–2–10.
[22] Case of Don Josef de Áviles, November 2, 1792, A. I., 105–2–10.
[23] Recopilación, 2–16–12; 2–15–36.
[24] Ibid., 2–16–11.