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.
Spanish map showing Pensacola as port of San Miguel de Panzacola (upper left) along coastline of the Florida Panhandle (map dated 1700, labeled in Spanish) The history of Pensacola, Florida begins long before the Spanish claimed founding of the modern city in 1698.