The Differences Between a Criminal Case and a Civil Case. The American legal system is comprised of two very different types of cases, civil and criminal. Crimes are generally offenses against the state, and are accordingly prosecuted by the state.
Researchers at the University of West Florida say theyâve proved Spanish Explorer, Tristan de Luna established his Spanish colony of Pensacola in August of 1559. Thatâs six years before St. Augustine, which claims itâs the oldest because itâs been continuously occupied.
The fir st settler in Florida was Jaun Ponce de Leon. Explorer and settler are not the same thing. Ponce was an explorer, and the first known European to come ashore in Florid â¦ a (and, thereby discover and claim it for Spain).