Justice also paid for itself. The costs for the notary, guards, and informers, as well as for the governor or regidor who sat as judge on the case, were paid out of the fines and confiscations imposed by the court. The fort served as the jail, and relatives of the prisoners provided the food. The regidores, vecinos of the town themselves, were not rigorous in the collection of debts to non-Floridians. (Bushnell KC)