“I remained in the inquisition until the 12th of June, when the military tribunal, to whom my case was referred, decided that they had no jurisdiction over it; and I was removed to this prison [Acordada], and my case delivered over to a civil tribunal, or jour de litras [Juez de letras], in whose hands it slept until the 12th of August—when he decided that he had no jurisdiction over it; and it was then sent to the federal district judge, who soon despatched it, by deciding that he had no jurisdiction over it, as I did not reside in his district. The matter was then sent to the Supreme Court of the United Mexican States, in order for them to decide what court or tribunal ought to try me; and there the case rests at present. So that after eight months, I do not know as yet, what court is to investigate my case.”—Austin to Perry, August 25, 1834, in Edward, History of Texas, 212-213.
