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si por su medio conseguia saber la verdad; y
haviendo comparecido Petit François le dixo el
declarante estas razones: hombre habla la
verdad, como me la has dicho, no temas a los
Negros, que el Comandante me ha prome
tido de callar todo lo que confieses; y entonces
relato todo lo que consta en su declaracion
puesta en autos y hecha a presencia de los
testigos de su asistencia y ademas de D.n Ju
lian Poidras y D.n Agustin Allain: Leyendo
sele en este acto al declarante para su
mayor instruccion la declaracion del re-
ferido Negro Petit François que corra a
foxas treinta y cinco vuelta? dixo: Que
es falsa la cita en todas sus partes, y tambien
lo es que a presencia de que responde huviese
dado el Negro Petit François la declaracion
que se le acaba de leer, y que lo que sucedio
fue, que haviendo ido el declarante a lle-
haviendo comparecido Petit François le dixo el
declarante estas razones: hombre habla la
verdad, como me la has dicho, no temas a los
Negros, que el Comandante me ha prome
tido de callar todo lo que confieses; y entonces
relato todo lo que consta en su declaracion
puesta en autos y hecha a presencia de los
testigos de su asistencia y ademas de D.n Ju
lian Poidras y D.n Agustin Allain: Leyendo
sele en este acto al declarante para su
mayor instruccion la declaracion del re-
ferido Negro Petit François que corra a
foxas treinta y cinco vuelta? dixo: Que
es falsa la cita en todas sus partes, y tambien
lo es que a presencia de que responde huviese
dado el Negro Petit François la declaracion
que se le acaba de leer, y que lo que sucedio
fue, que haviendo ido el declarante a lle-
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if he could get to know the truth by this method; and
with Petit (“little”) François having appeared the
declarant spoke these words: man speak the
truth, as you told it to me, do not fear the
Blacks, that the Commander has promised to
keep quiet all that you confess; and then
he related all that appears in his declaration
put down in the records and made in the presence of the
attesting witnesses and also Don Julian
Poidras and Don Agustin Allain: Reading this
to the declarant in this hearing for his
better understanding the declaration of the said
Black Petit (“little”) François which begins on the back of
page thirty five? he said: That
the reference is false in all particulars, and it is also
false that in the presence of the declarant
the Black Petit (“little”) François had given the declaration
which had just been read, and that what happened
was, that the declarant having gone to
with Petit (“little”) François having appeared the
declarant spoke these words: man speak the
truth, as you told it to me, do not fear the
Blacks, that the Commander has promised to
keep quiet all that you confess; and then
he related all that appears in his declaration
put down in the records and made in the presence of the
attesting witnesses and also Don Julian
Poidras and Don Agustin Allain: Reading this
to the declarant in this hearing for his
better understanding the declaration of the said
Black Petit (“little”) François which begins on the back of
page thirty five? he said: That
the reference is false in all particulars, and it is also
false that in the presence of the declarant
the Black Petit (“little”) François had given the declaration
which had just been read, and that what happened
was, that the declarant having gone to
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