Immediately after the third session, the tribunal opted to question the two interpreters on the "sensibility and understanding of the accused. However, luckily for Gabriel, long before his trial, canon law and inquisitorial practices had been adapted to local conditions in the Estado. The trial unfolded according to the Regimento , the code of procedure that regulated the workings of the Portuguese Inquisition: it included rules detailing each tribunal's structure and operations as well as guidelines regarding imprisonment, [End Page ] interrogation, and torture. Alonso [] Enriquez, y los otros sus antecesores en sus districtos, y siendo justo. The sentence indicates that Gabriel's assignation to forced labor in Goa was a temporary measure "until His Highness is consulted:" the inquisitors had no authority to reconcile a relapso , they could only refer his case to their metropolitan superiors.
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