DECREE of the Conseil du Cap, which, after hearing a nègre accused of madness, judges him quite sane, and fines two Surgeons who had certified the contrary

BETWEEN the sieur Perrier and the dame Blattour, Appellants, of the one part. Against the sieur Trévant, Guardian of the Minors Poule, of the other part. The Parties having been heard, the CONSEIL has confirmed the Sentence appealed from; and given the Certificate solicited from the Surgeons Capet and Montaulin, which was found to be false, the said nègre having been examined in the Chambre du Conseil and recognized as quite sane, and according to the testimony of those who have had him before, the Conseil has condemned the said Montaulin and Capet to a fine of 25 liv. each, jointly, with prohibition against repeating the offense, etc.