Document: Dutch colonial council minutes, 7-14 November 1641

Court proceedings. Peter Cock vs. Jan Evertsen Bout, slander; defendant offers to prove what he said; case postponed. [1641];Resolution, on receipt of a letter from Jan Claessen van Campen, governor of Curaçao, to send a supply of provisions to that island. [1641];Court proceedings. Paulus Jansen vs. Maryn Adriaensen et al.; referred to arbitration. Fiscal vs. Jan Hobbesen, for stealing a sheet from the city tavern; the prisoner pleads intoxication and says he knows nothing about the matter; case postponed to the afternoon when, if the prisoner continue headstrong, he is to be subjected to torture. The same vs. Gerrit Jansen, cooper, for stealing timber; proof ordered. (cont'd) [1641]