# Judge Jarriquez — The Giant Raft character guide

> Judge Jarriquez in The Giant Raft by Jules Verne.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Jarriquez, Judge, Vicente Jarriquez

**First appearance:** 0022-i-manaus

## Snapshot

A brilliant, excitable magistrate who stakes his sanity on cracking a coded confession, wrestling numbers and logic until only chance remains.

## Who they are

Jarriquez is the magistrate in Manaus charged with extracting the secret of a cryptogram on which a condemned man's life depends. Proud of his reasoning, he tries ages, dates, and victim counts until his frustration turns to near-madness and he cries out for chance to help him. His feverish struggle anchors the novel's central puzzle and raises the stakes of every delay.

## Relationships

### [Joam Garral](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/characters/joam_garral)

_professional_

Judge Jarriquez is the magistrate handling Joam Garral's legal case, maintaining a formal and investigative relationship.

### [Manoel Valdez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/characters/manoel_valdez)

_professional_

Judge Jarriquez interacts with Manoel in a formal legal capacity during the investigation of the case.

### [Joam Garral](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/characters/joam_garral)

_professional_

Judge Jarriquez is the magistrate handling Joam Garral's legal case, maintaining a formal and investigative relationship.

### [Joam Garral](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/characters/joam_garral)

_professional_

Judge Jarriquez is the magistrate handling Joam Garral's legal case, maintaining a formal and investigative relationship.

### [Manoel Valdez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/characters/manoel_valdez)

_professional_

Judge Jarriquez interacts with Manoel in a formal legal capacity during the investigation of the case.

### [Manoel Valdez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/characters/manoel_valdez)

_professional_

Judge Jarriquez interacts with Manoel in a formal legal capacity during the investigation of the case.

## In the story

### [Part II: The Cryptogram](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/part-ii-the-cryptogram)

The judge is the central figure in this chapter, wrestling with the cryptogram that could exonerate Joam Dacosta.

### [Moral Proofs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/iv-moral-proofs)

The examining magistrate, a surly and skeptical man with a passion for puzzles, conducts the interrogation and is initially incredulous but becomes intrigued when Dacosta hints at material proof.

### [V: Material Proofs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/v-material-proofs)

Conducts the examination, initially indifferent but becomes more attentive; allows Dacosta to see his family.

### [XI: The Contents of the Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xi-the-contents-of-the-case)

Receives the metal case from Manoel and Benito. He opens it and discovers the document is a cryptogram without a key, expressing doubt about its usefulness.

### [The Document](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xii-the-document)

Devotes himself to solving the cryptogram, applying analytical methods inspired by Edgar Allan Poe.

### [XIII: Is It a Matter of Figures?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xiii-is-it-a-matter-of-figures)

Explains the cryptographic cipher to Manoel, showing his analytical approach and frustration with the puzzle.

### [XIV: Chance!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xiv-chance)

Obsessively works to decipher the cryptogram, trying multiple number keys; his frustration mounts as logic fails.

### [XV: The Last Efforts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xv-the-last-efforts)

Obsessively tries to crack the cryptogram, driven by a sense of justice, but remains unsuccessful.

### [The Last Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xvii-the-last-night)

Implied to have suggested the escape plan to Benito and Manoel, showing his sympathy for Joam.

### [XVIII: Fragoso](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xviii-fragoso)

Desperate and on the verge of destroying the document, he finally deciphers the cryptogram using the name 'Ortega' and rushes to halt the execution.

### [The Crime of Tijuco](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_giant_raft_se/chapters/xix-the-crime-of-tijuco)

Deciphers the cryptogram and publicly reads the confession, exonerating Joam Dacosta.

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