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and the witness "croix dans sa conscience s'étté a mottier entre 

 l'oncle et nephew." 



So he g;ot half of 12 bushels of oats, 12 of wheat and one of Pease, 

 the other half to go to the Sheriff. 



Charles Prout produced a witness who swore that the defendant 

 and Prout "lui avez dit que ce dernière étté en Simmenser chez le 

 primiere une Piece de Bled Fromment et une Piece de Voine a son 

 proper profit"- — and so Prout got his wheat (blé froment, what is 

 called in the book bled fromment) and the proceeds of an Indian Corn 

 patch, the oats (voine i. e. avoine) no doubt also. 



Louis Gyeaux offered his brother Nicholas as a witness, the plain- 

 tiff's Attorney, the ubiquitous Mr. Roe, objected on the ground of 

 relationship, but this objection was overruled — and he proved the 

 case well: "son oncle Guillaume Gyeaux lui a dit que une de ce vache 

 ettoit a Louis Gyeaux que lui a livre la vache a son Frère que lui a 

 laisser sans le Park le opposent avec les otre annimaux de Défendeur, 

 et que cette vache et une de cette prix en execution." That settled 

 it — Louis got "cette vache." 



Alexis Maisonville did not succeed in his claim (perhaps the de- 

 fendant's family name was Goyeaux, a well-known name of those 

 parts) . 



The same day Phillip Fox obtained judgment against Pierre 

 Durand "that he i-eturn the meat of a Hog which he killed, belonging 

 to the Plaintiff (or to pay him three pounds New York currency) — 

 and Francis Latour obtained judgment against Louis Trudell that he 

 pay Ten Pounds currency (or return to the Plaintiff Fom- hundred 

 and fifty Pounds of Flour). 



Sept. 10th Jacques Peltier, whose spouse Magdelaine had failed 

 in her action against Laurent Maure the week before now sues him, 

 himself, and gets judgment for £27 - 10 - currency for rent of a 

 house. 



Sept. 10th "Hyacinthe Latourelle v. William Groesbeck: The 

 parties appeared and the defendant is ordered to give to the plaintiff 

 his account before eight days; and then if the Defendant falls in debt 

 to th(! plaintiff he has a recourse to the Court" — and September 17th 

 "the Plaintiff is dismissed from his action and to pay costs of suit." 

 What the order of Sept. 10th means I cannot say. 



Sept. 10th "John Urquhart of Detroit, Gentleman v. John Askin 

 of Detroit, Merch't, Walter Roe Attorney for the Defendant entered 

 appearance and Chai-ly Smyth acting by Procuration for the Plaintiff, 

 declined to act any further in his behalf" and the Plaintiff, therefore, 

 was thrice called and not appearing "judgment went against him with 

 costs." 



