Court proceedings. Andries Roulofsen vs. Govert Loockermans, for payment for digging a cellar ; defendant denies having employed plaintiff ; judgment for defendant. Catrina Bartram vs. Thomas Jacobsen, slander ; defendant declares in court that he knows nothing of plaintiff but what is honest and virtuous ; plaintiff likewise declares that defendant is a decent young man. Fiscal vs. John Celes, for shooting a hog ; defendant adjudged to pay the owner such sum as arbitrators may decide to be the value of the animal, and a like sum to the fiscal, with costs. [1642] (page 124)

Instructions. To Jan Jansen from Ilpendam, commissary at the South river (Delaware), for the expulsion of the English from the Schuylkil. [1642] (page 124)

Court proceedings. Fiscal vs. Abraham Isaacksen Planck, for maliciously tearing down an ordinance posted in fort Amsterdam, and slandering the authorities ; fined 300 guilders. [1642] (page 125)

Identifier
NYSA_A1809-78_V04_p124-125

Date Original
May 15 – 22 1642

Language
Dutch

Source
New York State Archives. New York (Colony). Council. Dutch colonial council minutes, 1638-1665. Series A1809-78. Volume 4, page 124-125.

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