Chapter I: The Inquisitor-General and Supreme

COUNCIL.

Commissions of Officials expire with the Inquisitor-general 161
Suprema at first merely a Consultative Body 162
Rapid Increase of its Functions 164
It becomes the ruling Power 167
Its struggle with Inquisitor-general Mendoza in the Case of
Froilan Diaz 169
Mendoza removes the opposing Members 174
Philip V. decides in favor of the Suprema and of Froilan Diaz 177
The Suprema reduces the Tribunals to Subordination 179
It gradually intervenes in Sentences and Trials 181
It requires monthly Reports of current Business 183
Centralization becomes complete--The Tribunals are merely
ministerial 185
Appellate Jurisdiction of Inquisitor-general and Suprema 187
Control over all Details of the Tribunals 189
Control over the Finances 190
Salaries and Perquisites of the Suprema 194
Its Enjoyment of Bull-fights 198
Its Revenues and Expenses 200