Confrontation of Charlotte Trottier Desrivières, 5th witness, with Angélique, 6 in the morning, 27 May 1734.

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Confrontation done By Us Pierre Raimbault King's counsellor Lieutenant General, Civil Et Criminel, at the Seat of the Jurisdiction Royal of Montreal by ordinance of the King's prosecutor, plaintiff And Litigant Accuser Against Marie Joseph Negress Slave of dame widow francheville, prisoner In the gaol of This city of the witnesses heard at The Information done by Us on the fourteenth of April And This, In the Execution of Our ordinance of the eleven eight of the said month Of april with which Confrontation we proceeded as does Follow.

On Wednesday the twenty-seven of
May Seventeen Hundred thirty-four
Six in the Morning
In the Chambers of the Gaol
of This city

they Said that it was so, following which we gave a Reading to the Said Accused of the first articles of the Deposition of the said witness, Containing her name, surname, age, status And Residence, And Her Declaration that she is not family, allied to, Servant nor Domestic to the Accused, And Interrogated the Said accused to state presently any Reproaches Against the said witness, that If Not done And failing to do So she will have no Recourse after having been read the Deposition And Re-examination of the said witness in accordance with the Ordinance that we gave her to Hear; the said Accused stated that she had no Reproaches to make. This done we proceeded with a Reading

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to the said accused of the Deposition And Re-examination of the said witness And Having heard it she stated that she has Nothing to say Against The Deposition, But that she did not at all see the Said witness Playing in the Yard; that she did not go up to the Attic; that the young Amable girl did not see her Go Up either, as She was seated with her, the accused, On the stoop of the door all the while that the other young girls Played. And the said witness stated that as she Played with the [young?] de Couagne girl On the planks in the Yard One at a Distance from the Other, the said amable Moniere Was at The stoop of the Kitchen door, Against the Gallery near the said Yard, And that the said amable stated at the time “There is angelique;” that she Heard someone Go Up the Staircase, but Knows not If it was the said Negress or another. That this is the truth, as is What Is Contained In Her Deposition And Re-examination; and said of the said Accused present that she [illegible word] and heard her speak as stated in Her Deposition and Re-examination in the present Confrontation and Maintained this to the said accused. A reading done to them of the present Re-examination Each persisted on their own Behalf; the said witness Signed And the said accused Declared to not Know how to Write nor Sign, as requested.

[signed] charlotte deriviere

[signed] P. Raimbault

[signed] C. Porlier