Locating case records after death in Valencia, Spain

Question

This question is linked to this one Transcribing Spanish text (and translating into English) on Death Certificate. So the wording below will be updated as and when then actual transcribed text / translation has been verified.

On my Great Grandfathers death certificate there is an entry:

At the moment we have transcribed this (into English) as:

Other titles or particulars: This is done by virtue of letter of authority received today from the Court of Instruction 1 arising from case number 52 of 1965.

I know that my Great Grandfather was involved in an accident when he was crossing the road. He was hard of hearing and was hit by a vehicle. My mother says he died a short while after the accident but one of my aunties (younger than my mum) thought he died on the scene.

I received the death certificate from the Civil Registry Office in Valencia. Is there any way to gain access to the "case number 52 of 1965" at all? I thought it might confirm.

Answer 1

This is the transcription (I am also translating the "legal" spanish language):

Other titles or data: (this certificate) is performed thanks to a letter received today from the court number 1 during summary 52 from 1965.

In particular, the court they are referring to is a "juzgado de instrucción" which deals with criminal investigations. Essentially, this death is related to crime, so somehow this one supports the accident hypothesis.

If he would have died in the hospital, the death registry would have been done by the hospital staff. I do believe this strongly supports the hypothesis that he died on scene.

You might be able to further investigate using newspapers:

https://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/

http://valenpedia.lasprovincias.es/historia-valencia/

Answer 2

I have come across this website:

Directory of judicial bodies

It mentions the Juzgado de Instrucción 1:

I will try to contact them.

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Update

I had this reply by email:

Buenas tardes, lamentándolo mucho en las actuaciones referenciadas de éste Juzgado no constan más datos que los que obran en el Registro Civil.

Using DeepL this translates as:

Good afternoon, I am very sorry to say that in the proceedings referred to of this Court do not contain any data other than those contained in the Civil Register.

So it seems that I can't obtain any more information.