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Isaac West.
Veû par la Cour assemblée les declarations cy dessus Ensemble la deposition du temoin Izaac verst ladite cour a ordonné et or- donne que ledt jaques piquet donnera Bonne et suffisante caution a la satisfaction et demande dudt jacob groot qui repondra par Sa personne et Ses Biens de tous les tor mal fait cele prejudice Et atantats que ledt jaques piquet pouroit Exercer tramer ou induire sur la vie dudt groot de celle de Sa femme Et de Sa famille ainsy que de tous Ses autres Biens dont ladite Caution Solvable Sera Recue pardevant Mr Robert Wach commandant dudt lieu du grand Ruisseau a la satisfaction dudt groot auquel dit Mr Wach nous enjoignons de donner la main a lexecution de notre presente sentence Et de nous en informer condamnons les parties a
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he, the deponent, asked Piggott why he had not killed the dog and that Piggott answered: "I have sufficient satisfaction now and I did not wish to kill it;" that Piggott had reloaded his rifle and was in Groot's house and that he, the deponent, was seated at his door opposite Groot's; and that he only saw that Piggott had his gun raised in his hands and was making several movements with it and he heard words of violence, but he could not distinguish what was said; and that he expected to hear the gun fired at any moment; that he was beside himself on account of the fury of the said Piggott; that he really believed that Piggott was going to kill some one; that after all these move- ments he saw Piggott turn, cock the hammer of his rifle and pour powder into the pan and he reprimed it; and after he had re- primed it, he heard some words which he could not understand, and that Piggott went out immediately. He adds, furthermore, that when Piggott went out, Groot followed him and said to him: "Because of the insult you have done me in coming to my house with your rifle, put it on the ground and we are going to have satisfaction;" but Piggott had refused; that Groot had said: "Since you are unwilling, I am going to see what I shall do between now and evening," which is all that he said he knew. Reading of his deposition was made to him and he said that it contained the truth and persisted in it, and he has signed.
Isaac West.
After consideration of the above affidavits, together with the deposition of the witness, Isaac West, by the assembled Court, the said Court decreed and does decree that the said James Piggott shall find good and sufficient surety to the satisfaction and demand of the said Jacob Groot, and that the bondsman shall be answerable in his person and his property for all wrongs, malefaction, concealed tort, and criminal attempts, which the said James Piggott may practise, plot or incite against the life of the said Groot, of that of his wife and of his family, or against his property, and for this the said solvent bondsman shall be received before M. Robert Watts, commandant of the said place of the Grand Ruisseau, to the satisfaction of the said
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payer Chacun la moitié des frais Suivant le memoire qui sera produit par le grefier donné en Cour le huit may mil sept Cent quatre vingt sept.
[Signed]
at Girardin
mth Saucier
marque de
marque de
++ +
Louis Chatel
joseph lapensée
Labuxiere grefier
J B H LaCroix prsdt.
a une Cour du premier juin mil sept Cent quatre vingt Sept.
Mrs francois Saucier, antoine girardin, philipe angel, Bte Sau- cier, Charles ducharme, Mathieu saucier Et pierre Laperche ont fait le Sermant doffice En qualité de magistrat pr la Nouvelle Nomination.
a la meme Cour
Thom Bredy a fait pareillement sermant doffice pour la Charge dhuissier de la Cour.
a la meme Cour
JEAN Bte DUMAY demandeur contre Le ST MYER MICHAELS def- fendeur
Le demandeur reclame vingt pots dhuille quil a ches le s' myer michaels.
Le deffendeur replique que ledt dumay luy doit une somme dar- gent quil offre de luy remetre son huile En payant ce quil luy doit par son Billet En argent.
La Cour a ordonné que le sĩ maher gardera lhuille en deduc- tion de ce quil luy est dub par le demandeur a raison de Cinq livres le pot prix du Cour, sauf aud' dumay den remetre le mon- tant en argent au deffendeur condamne dumay aux frais.
a la meme Cour.
Sur une demande formée par le Sr pierre Laperche pr obtenir une saisie sur deux Chevaux quil a dit apartenir au Nommé Chate-
1 Piggott offered on May 18th the persons of Thomas Wine and Benjamin Rogers as bondsmen .- Chi. Hist. Soc., Cah. Rec.
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Groot and we enjoin the said M. Watts to see to the execution of our present sentence and to inform us thereof. We condemn the parties to pay each the half of the costs according to the memoran- dum which will be furnished by the clerk. Given in Court the eight of May, seventeen hundred and eighty seven.1
[Signed]
Ant. Girardin. Mark of
Mt. Saucier. Mark of
+ Louis Chatel.
Labuxiere, Clerk.
+ Joseph Lapancé. J. B. H. LaCroix, Pres.
At a Court, June Ist, 1787.
MM. François Saucier, Antoine Girardin, Philippe Engel, Bte. Saucier, Charles DuCharme, Matthieu Saucier and Pierre Laperche have taken the oath of office as magistrates by the new election.
At the same Court.
Thomas Brady has taken a like oath of office as huissier of the Court.
At the same Court.
JEAN BTE. DUMAY, Plaintiff, vs. M. MYER MICHAELS, De- fendant.
The plaintiff claims twenty jugs of oil which he has at the house of M. Michaels.
The defendant answers that the said Dumay owes him a sum of money, and that he offers to return his oil if he pays that which is owing to him on his note in money.
The Court decreed that M. Michaels shall keep the oil which shall be deducted from that which is due him by the plaintiff at the rate of five livres the jug, which is the current price, re- serving the right to the said Dumay to return the amount in money to the defendant, and condemned Dumay to pay the costs.
At the same Court.
On a petition drawn up by M. Pierre Laperche to obtain an attachment on two horses, which he said belong to the named Chatelrau, at present in possession of M. Mailhet at Cahokia,
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lerau Entre les mains du sĩ mailhet aux Cahôs. Et sur le sermant dudt mailhet Et du Sr Champlin que les chevaux n'apartenoit pas audt chatelerau Nous avons levé la saisie sauf audt sr pre laperche a Se pourvoir sur les autres Biens dudt Chatelerau.
La Cour est ajournée au rer juillet prochain.
f saucier.
a une Cour tenue Extraordinairement le treize juillet mil Sept Cent quatre vingt Sept.
Mrs francois Saucier Presidant Atoine [sic] Girardin
Charles ducharme
Mathieu Saucier
Bte Saucier Philipe angel
pierre Laperche
Entre Le ST LOUIS LORIMIER demandeur contre Le ST JEAN DUMOULIN deffendeur
Veu la requete presentée a la Cour par le st Louis Lorimier ten- dante a vu des domagement pour les saisies qui ont Eté faites a Ste genevieve et aux Cahos par mr hugues yourd et celle faite aux Cahos par mr dumoulin chargé de la procuration dudt Sr hyourd.
ouy le le Sr dumoulin qui a dit que le sr Lorimier Etoit Encore Redevable a la societe Et quil Seroit a meme de se faire alouer les des domagement, quil conviendroit que pour luy il netoit point chargé des affaires ny de la saisie qui avoit Eté faite a Ste gene- vieve avant sa procuration.
Sur quoy la Cour a renvoyé les parties a Se pourvoir devant des arbitres quil voudront Choisir soit Sur lun ou lautre Rive pour raison des demandes contenues En ladite Requete pr le tout etre Ex- aminé par les arbitres decider ce quil avisseront Bon Etre ainsy que pr les frais et depens de justice deliberé aux Cahos ledt jour Et an. [Signed]
B Saucier
at Girardin
DuCharme
pierre Lapeche f. saucier.
Mt. Saucier
Phillipe Engel
Labuxiere grefier.
1 Louis Lorimier was born in Canada in 1749, lived sometime on the Miami, Ohio, and founded the post at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 1794. He was appointed commandant of
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and on the oath of the said Mailhet and M. Champlin that the horses do not belong to the said Chatelrau, we have raised the attachment, reserving the right to the said M. Pierre Laperche to sue on the other goods of the said Chatelrau.
The Court adjourned to the first of July next.
At a Court meeting in special session, July 13, 1787. MM. President François Saucier Charles DuCharme Matthieu Saucier
Antoine Girardin Bte. Saucier
Pierre Laperche
Philippe Engel
M. LOUIS LORIMIER1, Plaintiff, vs. M. JEAN DUMOULIN, De- fendant.
In view of the petition presented to the Court by M. Louis Lorimier, demanding damages for the seizures which have been made at Ste. Genevieve and at Cahokia by M. Hugh Heward and for that made at Cahokia by M. Dumoulin intrusted with the power of attorney from the said M. Heward.
Heard M. Dumoulin who said that M. Lorimier was still in debt to the partnership and that the latter should be able to have the damages allowed, which he would agree to. As for himself he was not intrusted with the business nor with the attachment, which had been made at Ste. Genevieve before his attorneyship.
Whereupon the Court dismissed the parties to sue before arbitrators, whom they shall choose from either side of the river, in regard to the prayers contained in the said petition so that all be examined by the arbitrators that they may decide what they consider just as well as the costs and charges. Decreed at Cahokia the said day and year.
[Signed]
B. Saucier.
DuCharme.
Philippe Engel. At. Girardin.
Pierre Laperche.
Mt. Saucier. F. Saucier. Labuxiere, Clerk.
the post by the Spanish government. He was a fur-trader, and gained great influence over the Indians. He died June 26, 1812 .- Rozier, Early Settlement of the Mississippi Valley, 170 et seq.
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a une Cour du deux juillet mil sept cent quatre vingt sept.
Mrs fr saucier presidant philipe angel
ant girardin
pre Laperche
charles ducharme
ROBERT CAHORN demandeur contre FR GRAMONT deffendeur
Le demandeur demande contre le deffendeur le pavement de son billet Echus montant a la somme de trois cent huit livres en argent payable En pelterie synifiée sur ledt billet suivant les prix y porté.
Le deffendeur a dit quil luy devoit quelque Chose Et quil avoit un compte a produire quil navoit pas de quoy payer actuellement quil offroit son Cheval. Et quil repetoit contre le Sr cahorn neuf piastres pour le loyer dun Cheval et une piastre pr le loyer dune journée de son sauvage le tout formant Cin- quante livres.
sur quoy la Cour a condamné ledt gramont a payer son Billet suivant son contenû Et ce sans delais a la deduction des Cinquante livres quil repete a quoy ledt Gramont sera Con- traint Et condamné aux frais Et depens donné En Cour lesdt jour Et an.
a la meme Cour.
LE Sr WALE demandeur contre PHILIPE GERVAIS deffendeur
le demandeur demande contre le deffendeur le payment de Son billet Echû montant a la somme de Cent quinze livres en argent ou pelterie.
Le deffendeur a dit quil reconnoit ledt billet mais quil ne pouvoit le payer actuellement Et quil navoit pas de quoy.
La Cour a condamné ledt philipe gervais a payer le montant de Son Billet Et aux frais et depens. donné En Cour lesdt jour Et an.
a la meme Cour. LE SI WALE demandeur contre ANTOINE LAMARCHE defendeur
Le demandeur demande le payement de Son Billet de Soixante quatre livres le deffendeur a offert de le payer sous ce mois icy
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At a Court, July 2. 1787.
MM. Fr. Saucier, President.
Philippe Engel.
Ant. Girardin. Pierre Laperche.
Charles DuCharme.
ROBERT CAHORN, Plaintiff, vs. FR. GRANDMONT, Defendant.
The plaintiff brings suit against the defendant for the pay- ment of his note, which has fallen due, amounting to the sum of three hundred and eight livres in money payable in peltries as declared on the said note, according to the prices stated thereon.
The defendant said that he owed the plaintiff something and that he had an account to produce; that he didn't have the means to pay at present; that he offered his horse; and that he claims from M. Cahorn nine piastres for the hire of a horse and a piastre for a day's wage of his savage, the whole amounting to fifty livres.
Whereupon the Court condemned the said Grandmont to pay his note according to its content, after deducting the fifty livres which he claims, and this without delay, to which the said Grand- mont shall be constrained and condemned to pay cost and charges. Given in Court the said day and year.
At the same Court.
M. WALE, Plaintiff, vs. PHILIPPE GERVAIS, Defendant.
The plaintiff brings suit against the defendant for the payment of his note, already matured, amounting to the sum of one hun- dred and fifteen livres in money or peltries.
The defendant said that he acknowledged the said note, but that he could not pay it now, and that he didn't have the means.
The Court condemned the said Philippe Gervais to pay the amount of his note with costs and charges. Given in Court the said day and year.
At the same Court.
M. WALE, Plaintiff, vs. ANTOINE LAMARCHE, Defendant.
The plaintiff demands the payment of his note for sixty-four livres. The defendant offered to pay it during this month be-
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dicy a la Cour prochaine, la Cour a acordé ce delais du Con- sentement des parties donné lesdt jour et an.
La Cour est adjournée au rer aoust 1787.
fr. saucier. presd.
a une Cour du fer aoust mil sept cent quatre vingt Sept.
Mrs fr. Saucier presidant pre Laperche
antoine girardin
Philipe angel
Charle ducharme
Mathieu Saucier
Entre LAFEMME ROCH demanderesse contre LOUIS LAMBERT
deffendeur
La demanderesse reclame Son fils quelle a mis Ches le def- fendeur jusqua lage de 18 ans aleguand que son fils Est Extropié dun Coup de hache quil est mal penssé Et negligé Et que les poux et vermine le mange demandant que le deffendeur luy remette son fils.
Le deffendeur a desnie le tout et a dit que ledt Enfant Etoit Bien signe Et quil En avoit tous les Soins possible.
La Cour renvoy laffaire devant Mr girardin pr ex- aminer sur les lieux la Verité des faits Et decider ce que de Raison.
La Cour est ajournée au rer 7bre 1787.
fr. saucier.
a une Cour du rer Septembre mil sept cent quatre vingt Sept.
Mrs fr saucier
Bte Saucier
ante girardin
Math. saucier
philipe angel
pre Laperche
FRANCOIS GEROSME demandeur Contre JOSEPH BIGUIER dit GROSLE deffendeur.
Le demandeur repete la Somme de Cent livres quil dit etre dub a sa femme restant de celle de deux Cent livres quil luy devoit. Le deffendeur a repondu quil avoit payé par un compte quil a produit Excedant ladite somme de Cent livres. dont ledit Compte examiné de la veu du demandeur il revien Cinq livres au deffendeur pr sa femme tous comptes deduit. la Cour a condamné le demandeur a payer au deffendeur Cinq
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tween now and the next Court. The Court granted this delay with the consent of the parties. Given the said day.
The Court adjourned to August 1, 1787.
At a Court, August 1, 1787.
MM. Fr. Saucier, President.
Pierre Laperche.
Antoine Girardin.
Philippe Engel.
Charles DuCharme. Matthieu Saucier.
The woman ROCH, Plaintiff, vs. LOUIS LAMBERT, Defendant.
The plaintiff claims her son, whom she placed in the house of the defendant until he should be 18 years old, pleading that her son is mained by a stroke of an axe, that he is badly fed and is neglected, and that lice and vermin are eating him; and she demands that the defendant should restore her son to her.
The plaintiff denied all and said the said child was well fed and that he had all possible care.
The Court referred the cause to M. Girardin to examine on the spot the truth of the facts and to decide what is just.
The Court adjourned to Sept. 1, 1787.
Fr. Saucier.
At a Court, September 1, 1787.
MM. Fr Saucier.
Bte. Saucier.
Ant. Girardin.
Math. Saucier.
Philippe Engel. Pierre Laperche.
FRANÇOIS GEROSME, Plaintiff, vs. JOSEPH BIGUIER, called GROSLÉ, Defendant.
The plaintiff demands the sum of one hundred livres which he says is due his wife being the balance of two hundred livres which the defendant owed her. The defendant answered that he had paid, according to an account which he exhibited, more than the said sum of a hundred livres, by which said account, examined with the acknowledgement of the plaintiff, there should be five livres returned to him by the wife of the plaintiff, after all accounts are deducted.
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livres. Et aux frais Et depens liquidez a vingt livres se qui sera executé.
frais
pr I ordre a Biguier 5 1b I ordre a antaya. 5
pr lhuissier qui a porte les 2 ordres. IO
pr la sentence 5
25 lb
a la meme cour.
Le ST CLAMORGAN demandeur Contre Le Nomme DUCHESNAU deffendeur
Le demandeur demande au deffendeur le payement dun Billet de la Somme de Cent Soixante Cinq livres en pelterie a luy transporté par louis Chateleraud. ledit billet Exibé a la cour Echus. ouy le deffendeur qui a dit quil avoit deja offert de payer mais que lon navoit pas pû luy produire son billet ale- quant quil Etoit perdû Et quil avoit deja donné un acompte au Sr Labadie sur une Copie dudt billet par ordre de Mr Crouzat Commandant de St Louis. sur quoy la cour a Condamne le deffendeur a payer au demandeur le montant de Son Billet sauf Son rembourcement Sur le sr Labadie qui Sera fait au Sr Cla- morgan En acompte sur ledt Billet. donné aux Cahos ledt jour Ier 7bre 1787.
La Cour est adjournée au rer gbre 1787.
fr. saucier Presdt.
a une Cour du premier octobre mil Sept cent quatre vingt Sept. Mrs francois Saucier presidant. Philipe angel
ante girardin Charles Ducharme
Bte Saucier pre Laperche
Math. Saucier magistrats
JEAN BTE MOREL demandeur contre IGNACE CHATIGNY deffendeur
Le demandeur a produit un compte a la charge du deffendeur montant a la somme de dixhuit Cent Cinquante huit livres dix sols En argent.
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The Court condemned the plaintiff to pay five livres to the defendant and costs and charges which are set at twenty [twenty- five ?] livres, for which there will be execution. Costs.
To I order to Biguier 5 1b I order to Antaya. 5
To huissier who carried the orders IO
To the judgment 5
25 lb
At the same Court. M. CLAMORGAN, Plaintiff, vs. the named DUCHESNAU, De- fendant.
The plaintiff demands of the defendant payment of a note for the sum of one hundred and sixty-five livres in peltries assigned to him by Louis Chatelrau. The said note, already due, was exhibited to the Court. Heard the defendant who said that he had already offered to pay; but that they had not been able to produce his note, alleging that it was lost; and that he had already paid an installment to M. Labadie on a copy of the said note by order of M. Cruzat, commandant at St. Louis. Whereupon the Court condemned the defendant to pay to the plaintiff the amount of his note, saving his reimbursement by M. Labadie, which shall be paid to M. Clamorgan as an installment on the said note. Given at Cahokia the said day, September 1, 1787.
The Court adjourned to October 1, 1787.
Fr. Saucier. Pres.
At a Court, October 1, 1787.
MM. François Saucier, President.
Philippe Engel
Ant. Girardin
Charles DuCharme
Bte. Saucier Pierre Laperche Matt. Saucier Magistrates
JEAN BTE. MOREL, Plaintiff, vs. IGNACE CHATIGNY, Defendant.
The plaintiff exhibited an account charged to the defendant amounting to the sum of eighteen hundred and fifty-eight livres ten sols in money.
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Le deffendeur ayant contesté plusieurs articles relatif au commerce quils ont fait a Kumberla Et dans leur voyage que la Cour na pas Eclairier et quelle ne Croit pas pouvoir decider plaine- ment. Elle Renvoy les deux parties a Se Nommer chacun un arbitres pour decider de leur contestations depens reservez jusques a la sentence arbitrale qui sera homologué par la Cour.
La Cour est ajournée au 2. gbre 1787.
fr. saucier Presidt.
a une Cour du 2. 9bre 1787.
Mrs frs Saucier presidant philipe angel
antoine girardin mathieu Saucier
a la dite cour a Eté homologué Et Ratifier la Nomination Et Election dune Cour a la belle fontaine Et officier de milice com- prenant les habitants recident [?] De la Riviere de Laigle. En se Conformant a la decizion de la Cour. du 1er octobre dernier.
a la meme Cour.
Nicolas Schemitz a fait Sermant dofice de juge a paix pr le grand Ruisseau.
a la meme Cour William Biggs a fait Sermant doffice pr juge a paix a la Belle fontaine.
a la meme Cour.
LE ST ARONDEL demandeur Contre JOSEPH VAUDRY son Engagé
Le demandeur a presente une requete portant que le deffendeur son Engagé cherche a le quiter quil requiere que ledt vaudry luy payé quatre cent quarante quatre livres quil luy doit Et de luy fournir un homme capable de le remplacer. ou quil Continue son voyage Sous une Caution suffisante Sur quoy ledt vaudry a repondu quil Etoit trop mecontent de la societe mais quil ne se plaignoit pas du sr arondel Et quil ne vouloit plus rester sur quoy la cour a Condamné ledt vaudry a payer la somme ici dessus pr
1 See Introduction, p. cxlix.
2 William Arundel was an Irish merchant from Canada. He resided at Peoria for a time, then moved to Cahokia and later to Kaskaskia, where he died in 1816 .- Reynolds, Pioneer History, 102.
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The defendant having disputed several articles relative to the business which they had made in Cumberland and on their journey, which the Court was not able to clear up and which it believes itself unable to decide completely, the Court dismissed the two parties to name each an arbitrator in order to decide their disputes, costs being reserved until the verdict of the arbitrators, which will be confirmed by the Court.
The Court adjourned to November 2, 1787.
Fr. Saucier Pres.
At a Court, November 2, 1787.
MM. Fr. Saucier, President
Philippe Engel.
Antoine Girardin. Matthieu Saucier.
At the said Court was confirmed and ratified the nomination and election of a court at Bellefontaine and an officer of militia which includes the inhabitants residing on the Eagle River, in conformity with the decision of the Court of the Ist of October last.
At the same court.
Nicolas Smith made oath of office as justice of peace for the Grand Ruisseau.
At the same Court William Biggs took the oath of office as justice of the peace at Bellefontaine.1
At the same Court.
M. ARUNDEL,2 Plaintiff, vs, JOSEPH VAUDRY, his employé.
The plaintiff presented a petition, which declares that the de- fendant, his engagé, is seeking to leave him and he prays that the said Vaudry pay him four hundred and forty-four livres which he owes and furnish the plaintiff a man capable of replacing him, or that he continue his journey under sufficient bond. Whereupon the said Vaudry answered that he was too discon- tented with the company; but that he did not complain of M. Arundel; and that he did not wish to remain longer. Where- upon the Court condemned the said Vaudry to pay the above sum for his account and to furnish a man in his place to the said M. Arundel, and ordered that he be held in prison until he
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son compte Et a fournir un homme En sa place audt Sr arondel et tiendra prison jusqua ce quil a y trouvé caution suffisante Et le condamnons aux frais Et depens.
La Cour est ajournée au rer decembre prochain.
fr. saucier
Du 12. 9bre 1787.
a une Cour tenue Extraordinairement.
Mr fr Saucier presidant
Bte Saucier
ant, girardin
Math. saucier
Philipe angel Et pre Laperche
Le ST JEAN Bte LACROIX au Nome Et Comme fondé de la procuration de Pre LAFLEUR Et de celle de THOM BRADY huissier demandeur Contre
La SUCCESSION de deffunt AUGUSTIN DUBUQ.
ouy ledt Sr jean Bte LaCroix pr ledt pierre Lafleur concluand a ce que la Sucession de deffunt augustin dubuque luy paye les domage quil luy a Causé par un baril de poudre qui a fait sauter Sa maison la perte de Ses meubles les pensements du Chirugien tant pr luy que pour sa femme Blessé dangerusemt loger de sa maison et autres domages quil soufre Le tout examiné et la Cour ayant plaines Connoissance de la maison qui a Sauté par les de- positions des temoins. La Cour a ordonné et ordonne que la Sucession dudt sr dubuque payera priviligierement la maison le prix quelle a Coute. qui est de Seize Cent livres En argent quil sera fait un Etat sermanté par ledt lafleur des Effets Et meubles quil a perdû et qui se sont trouvez Cassés dans sa maison qui a Saute, par deux arbitres Nommez par la Cour qui presteront sermant pr leur estimation etre payé par ladite Sucession, quil luy sera payé le memoire du Chirugien tant pour luy que pr sa femme jusqua parfaite guerison, quil luy sera aloué pr ses journées depuis que sa maison a Sauté Et pr pertes du son tems la somme de trois Cent livres. Et pr tout loyers de maisons. Et autres repetitions la somme de Cent Cinquante livres une fois payé au
1 If the arrest was for debt instead of for the desertion, this is the first case of such imprisonment in the Record. It was due to the increasing influence of the Americans. French law did not permit imprisonment for debt to a private person except for special causes, and then only after a lapse of forty days after the rendering of judgment .- Ordi- nance of Louis XIV., April, 1667, in Isambert, Anciennes lois françaises, xviii., 172.
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