NO. 53—1902,] GALLB DUTCH RECORDS. 



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continue in possession of a part of the stolen property, she 

 had falsely buried and hidden in divers places several of the 

 objects, had with the aid of her husband cut up with a 

 penang knife the said ten small bars of gold in such a way 

 that one bar was converted into two and a half ; at the same 

 time lying under heavy suspicion of having received from 

 the said Clement and hidden in some other place the 365 

 St. Thomases, 



MS. page 112. 



two pigs, 1 and a small bar of gold, a large thick gold chain, 

 together with 100 pieces of eight in specie ; of which last 

 matter a stricter investigation has been prevented by the 

 death of the said Clement and her own obstinate, though to 

 us dubious, denial ; 



By all which aforesaid actions she has not only favoured 

 and concealed the theft, but made herself a partaker of and 

 an accomplice in the criminal act, and de facto guilty of 

 malpractices ; 



Which being a matter of very dangerous consequence, 

 which ought not in the least to be tolerated or connived at in 

 a well-ordered Government where justice and the law are 

 administered, but should as an example to others be most 

 rigorously punished ; 



Therefore the Worshipful Council of this town of Galle, 

 having heard and seen the prisoner's free confession, made 

 without torture or without any threats of the same, the 

 requisitory and conclusion laid before their Worships by the 

 " Undermerchant " Gerrit Moutmaker, ex officio, together 

 with the prisoner's defence made before the court, and 

 whatever else has been allowed to move their Worships' 

 minds ; 



Having duly weighed everything and considered all the 

 circumstances hereto appertaining ; 



! See note on page 347. 



