Document: Dutch colonial council minutes, 19-26 April 1646

Court proceedings. Oloff Stevensen (van Cortland) vs. rev. Everardus Bogardus; defendant produces two witnesses against the plaintiff. Fiscal vs. Borger Jorissen, for selling beer without having paid the excise; plaintiff ordered to produce proof. [1646];Court proceedings. Fiscal vs. Borger Jorissen, for selling beer (as above); fined 25 guilders. Fiscal vs. Maria de Truy, for selling beer to Indians; plaintiff ordered to prove the fact. Oloff Stevensen (van Cortland) vs. rev. Everardus Bogardus; defendant alleging that he has other matters against the plaintiff, he is ordered personally to appear at the next sessions and produce all his evidence, on pain of judgment. [1646]