Legal opinion by Jean-Baptiste Adhémar, counsellor and judge, second interrogation on the criminal seat, 4 June 1734.
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My opinion Is that the Said negress be condemned to make honourable amends, her hand holding a torch and then the hand Severed, and be Burned alive and previously tortured in the ordinary and Extraordinary ways to learn of her Accomplices; This Day 4th June 1734.
[signed] Adhemar
Source: Archives nationales du Québec, Centre de Montréal, Procedure Criminel contre Marie Joseph Angélique negresse — Incendiere, 1734, TL4 S1, 4136, Juridiction royale de Montréal, Legal opinion by Jean-Baptiste Adhémar, counsellor and judge, June 4, 1734.