Information from Marie-Charlotte Saint-Julien, Marie-Anne Chotard and Catherine
Charbonneau, 9 May 1734.
On the ninth of May
Seventeen Hundred thirty-four
In our hotel at 2
in the afternoon
[...]
Appeared before us Marie Charlotte St Julien aged fifteen or Sixteen years
daughter of St Julien dit Dragon residing in the service of Sieur And dame
volant In their house, on Rue St Paul In This city, Who after having Sworn
an oath
Deposed with Regard to the Said facts mentioned In the said Ordinance of
the king’s prosecutor, which we Read to her, stated
that on the previous Monday
being at the water’s Edge washing, the wife of bailiff Perrin told Her
that the wife of tintamare [Roy dit Tintamarre] Had taken a Blue Tureen from
Beneath a Counter at the Time of the Fire, fifteen or Sixteen morsels of Chocolate,
of which she ate three Morsels, some Ribbon And some Lace and that Is all
that she Said she knows.
A Reading done to her of Her Deposition she stated that it Contains truth
and persisted on it And declared to not know how to Write or Sign as requested
And Requested no Salary.
Appeared Marie anne Chotard aged thirty-three years, wife of Michel perrin,
Bailiff residing In the house of the late Jean Baptiste Mesnard outside This
city On
the Chemin de la Coste St Joseph Who upon swearing an Oath to Speak
the truth stated to Not be family, allied, servant nor Domestic to the Parties
And Presented to us the summons that she had been served to appear for her
deposition.
Deposed with regard to the facts mentioned In the said Ordinance of the
king’s prosecutor, which We Read to her, that she Knows Nothing but What was
said to her by her Mother-in-Law, which Is that tintamarre told her that he
had taken at the time of the fire Sixteen Morsels of Chocolate from beneath
a Counter, a pair of brass Buckles, Approximately six or seven Aunes of Lace,
And Possibly a Blue tureen and that is all that she Said she knows.
A reading done to her of Her Deposition she Stated that it Contains truth
and persisted on it And declared to not Know how to Write or Sign as requested,
And requested no Salary.
Appeared marie Catherine Charbonneau, aged thirty-three years, wife of Jean
Baptiste Chotart labourer currently residing in the house of the late Menard
on
the Chemin de La Coste St Joseph, Who having sworn an Oath,
Deposed with regard to The facts mentioned In the said Ordinance of the king’s
prosecutor, which we Read to Her, that she Knows Nothing More than that she
saw ]at the house of tintamarre bring three Morsels
of confection
Chocolate, a pair of brass buckles, three to four Aunes of Plain Lace, a large
Blue paper, a pocketbook, a length of Used White Ribbon, Another length of
unused Daffodil-yellow Ribbon that the said tintamarre told her he had salvaged,
Sixteen Morsels of confection Chocolate that he had Distributed except for
the three said Morsels, which he Consumed Every morning since the fire for
as long as they Lasted Until Good Friday; that on the Monday or Tuesday of
Last
Week The wife of the said tintamarre Told Her that she had Taken to Monsieur
the parish Curate The two lengths of Ribbon And the pocketbook and that is
all that she said she Knows.
A reading done to Her of Her Deposition she stated that it Contains truth
and persisted on it And Declared to not Know how to Write or Sign And Requested
no salary And Then told us that she Was menaced by the Said Tintamarre with
twenty Kicks to the stomach if she Told whomsoever of the details of her Above
deposition.
[signed]P. Raimbault.
