DECREE of the Conseil du Cap, sentencing a white man to 3,000 livres in damages for striking a free mulâtre in such a way as to put him at risk of losing an eye

BETWEEN the man named Charles Maucombre, free mulâtre, Tailor at the Cap, Appellant, of the one part; And the sieur Chanche, keeper of the ferry crossing at l’Acul, residing at the Cap, Respondent, of the other part. Seen, etc. After d’Augy, Avocat for the Appellant, and Darracq, Avocat for the Respondent, were heard, together with de S. Martin fils, Substitut of the Procureur-Général du Roi; and everything considered: THE COURT has annulled and annuls the Appeal and the Sentence appealed from, insofar as by it Darracq’s party was sentenced to pay to d’Augy’s party, by way of damages and interest, only the sum of one thousand livres, with interest from the day of the service of the said Sentence; amending as to this, sentences the said party of Darracq to pay to d’Augy’s party the sum of 3,000 livres, by way of damages and interest. The Sentence, for the remainder, to have its full and entire effect; and sentences the Respondent to the costs.