The preliminary investigation was finished and Colonel Olive transmitted the records to Governor Ramon Blanco, together with the appointment of Captain Rafael Dominguez as a special judge advocate.
He was formally informed of the charges and he pleaded not guilty to the charge of rebellion although he admits that he wrote the constitution of the La Liga Filipina.
My Last Farewell - it was written on a small sheet of note paper, folded lengthwise into a narrow strip and then doubled and wedged inside the tank of a little alcohol lamp on which his cooking in the cell had been done.