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File of the Special Court of “Vagos and Maleantes” of Catalonia for clandestine crossing of borders number 36/1951

Date
1951
Archive
Central Archive of the City of Justice of Barcelona
Document type
Textual
Reference code
CAT AJTBCNH VyM VyMBCN EXP 36/1951
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Description

This judicial file from 1951, instructed by the Special Court of “Vagos and Maleantes” of Catalonia, documents the arrest of a person for crossing borders clandestinely. Framed in the application of the Vagos and Maleantes Law (1933) and later the Social Danger and Rehabilitation Law (1970), this document reflects the systematic repression exercised by the Franco regime against vulnerable and dissident groups. The case highlights how mobility, poverty or political dissent could be criminalized, and how the judicial system became a tool of social control.