Judith Beheading Holofernes, Caravaggio, ca. 1599, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome, Book of Judith 9-13

On the same day Lazario and a notary searched Mengho’s house. They found four skeins of silk. It was identified as the stolen goods. Mengho was brought before Vecto at the bench for criminal offenses next to the new city hall in Bologna. Vecto questioned him about the evidence and the crime. The testimony of the witnesses was read to Mengho in Italian. He denied everything.