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Addition of information by François Bérey des Essars, 22nd witness, 8 in the morning, 19 May 1734.

Also Appeared francois de Berey Esquire

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sieur dézesars, officer in the naval Detachment aged Fifty-one years residing since the Fire in the home of mr De Ganne, Rue Notre Dame In This City [...]

Deposed [...] that he Knows nothing but what he has heard by hearsay, since the fire, Knowing from His Panis, that the said Negress had said a short time prior to The fire, that Her mistress would not Sleep in Her house And that she would not laugh for long And by dame francheville that it is all he said he knows. [...]

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[signed] Berey

[signed] P. Raimbault

[signed]C. Porlier
clerk

Source: Archives nationales du Québec, Centre de Montréal, Procedure Criminel contre Marie Joseph Angélique negresse — Incendiere, 1734, TL4 S1, 4136, Juridiction royale de Montréal, Addition of information by François Bérey des Essars, May 19, 1734, 2-3.

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