The Trial and Martyrdom ofRizalThe Trial
The Trial and Martyrdom of
Rizal
The Trial of Rizal
• An eloquent proof of Spanish injustice and misrule • A mistrial
• He was considered guilty before the actual trial • December 26, 1896 – the court martial started at 8:00 am in the Military building known as
Cuartel de España.
• There are Seven Members of the Military Court:
– Lt. Col. Jose Togores Arjona – president
– Capt. Ricardo Muñoz Arias
– Capt. Manuel Reguera
– Capt. Santiago Izquierdo Osorio
• There are Seven Members of the Military Court:
– Lt. Col. Jose Togores Arjona – president
– Capt. Ricardo Muñoz Arias
– Capt. Manuel Reguera
– Capt. Santiago Izquierdo Osorio
– Capt. Braulio Rodriguez
– Capt. Manuel Diaz Escribano
– Capt. Fermin Perez Rodriguez
• Lt. Enrique Alcocer – Prosecuting Attorney
• Rizal sat on a bench between two soldiers, his arms were tied behind, elbow to elbow.
– He wore a black woolen suit with white vest and black tie
– Rizal proved his innocence by twelve points.
• He could not be guilty of rebellion, for he advised Dr. Pio Valenzuela in Dapitan not to rise in revolution.
• He did not correspond with the radical, revolutionary elements.
• The revolutionists used his name without his knowledge. If he were guilty he could have escaped in Singapore.
• If he had a hand in the revolution, he could have escaped in a Moro vinta and would not have built a home, a hospital, and bought lands in
Dapitan.
• If he were the chief of the revolution, why was he not consulted by the revolutionists?
• It was true he wrote the by-laws of the La Liga
Filipina, but this is only a civic association, not a revolutionary society.
• The La Liga Filipina did not live long, for after the first meeting he was banished to Dapitan and it died out.
• If the La Liga Filipina was reorganized nine months later, he did not know about it.
• The La Liga Filipina did not serve the purpose of the revolutionists, otherwise they would not have supplanted it with the Katipunan.
• If it were true that there
Rizal
The Trial of Rizal
• An eloquent proof of Spanish injustice and misrule • A mistrial
• He was considered guilty before the actual trial • December 26, 1896 – the court martial started at 8:00 am in the Military building known as
Cuartel de España.
• There are Seven Members of the Military Court:
– Lt. Col. Jose Togores Arjona – president
– Capt. Ricardo Muñoz Arias
– Capt. Manuel Reguera
– Capt. Santiago Izquierdo Osorio
• There are Seven Members of the Military Court:
– Lt. Col. Jose Togores Arjona – president
– Capt. Ricardo Muñoz Arias
– Capt. Manuel Reguera
– Capt. Santiago Izquierdo Osorio
– Capt. Braulio Rodriguez
– Capt. Manuel Diaz Escribano
– Capt. Fermin Perez Rodriguez
• Lt. Enrique Alcocer – Prosecuting Attorney
• Rizal sat on a bench between two soldiers, his arms were tied behind, elbow to elbow.
– He wore a black woolen suit with white vest and black tie
– Rizal proved his innocence by twelve points.
• He could not be guilty of rebellion, for he advised Dr. Pio Valenzuela in Dapitan not to rise in revolution.
• He did not correspond with the radical, revolutionary elements.
• The revolutionists used his name without his knowledge. If he were guilty he could have escaped in Singapore.
• If he had a hand in the revolution, he could have escaped in a Moro vinta and would not have built a home, a hospital, and bought lands in
Dapitan.
• If he were the chief of the revolution, why was he not consulted by the revolutionists?
• It was true he wrote the by-laws of the La Liga
Filipina, but this is only a civic association, not a revolutionary society.
• The La Liga Filipina did not live long, for after the first meeting he was banished to Dapitan and it died out.
• If the La Liga Filipina was reorganized nine months later, he did not know about it.
• The La Liga Filipina did not serve the purpose of the revolutionists, otherwise they would not have supplanted it with the Katipunan.
• If it were true that there