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 Pensacola Bay area was first settled by the Spanish in 1559, just a few years before its twin sister of St. Augustine on Florida's Atlantic coast. The old town area of Pensacola on the mainland is definitely worth a visit by history buffs, but first you must pass through Gulf Breeze, an island community in the bay.