NO. 53. — 1902.] GALLE DUTCH RECORDS. 



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administering justice in the name of the Supreme Authority, 

 have condemned and sentenced the said Clement Marot, as 

 they condemn and sentence him by these presents, to be drag- 

 ged outside the gates of the town and to be hanged there on 

 a gibbet, at the same time confiscating all his goods and the 

 money still due to him in favour of the Honourable East 

 India Company. 



Thus done and resolved, pronounced and executed, in the 

 town of Galle, on the 12th February, 1641 Anno. Jan 

 Thysen, Pieter Lemoyne, Gerrit Moutmaker, Jan Symonsen 

 Verlaen, Dirck van Gimmen. 



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Closing words of a sentence pronomiced against 

 Christiaen Swart. 



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MS. page 108. 



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] to be put in chains for twenty-five successive years, 

 with confiscation of all his goods and chattels and the pay 

 still due to him ; with this understanding, that he shall be 

 detained in the fortress of Hollandia until the departure of 

 the first yacht to sail from here, in which he shall be sent to 

 Batavia, and that at the discretion of the Council he, his wife, 

 and children shall be provided with the necessary clothing. 



Thus done and sentenced in the town of Galle, the 19th 

 February, 1641 Anno, and pronounced the 21st following. 

 Jan Thysen, Pieter Lemoyne, Gerrit Moutmaker, Jan Symon- 

 sen Verlaen, Dirck van Gimmen. 



The Lord President and the Council being more inclined 

 to clemency and mercy than to the utmost rigour of the law, 

 being, at the earnest and humble prayers and urgent entrea- 

 ties of the Cingalese Sabandaer and of other persons, moved 

 with pity towards the delinquent's innocent children, have 

 been pleased to acquit the said Christiaen Swart of the 



