 The Council of the Indies, on behalf of King Charles, rejected Echávarri's complaint, and stressed that every "oidor", without exception, was obligated to attend the prison inspections, as one of the most important duties of the office.This decision was given October 23, 1762; the controversy had dragged on for some time.The Council went so far as to condemn the exception given Malo de Villavicencio more than twenty years before, claiming that the Audiencia had no authority to grant it.