Document: Dutch colonial council minutes, 6 April 1645

Declaration. Of John Wilcock, that he was drunk when he stated at the North, that John Dolling owed him 1,500 guilders. [1645];Court proceedings. Capt. de Vries vs. John Wilcock, slander; defendant declares he was drunk at the time and knew not what he said, begs the captain's pardon, and confesses that he spoke falsely; is fined 50 guilders. Fiscal vs. Peter van den Berch and William de Key; as the number of the council is small, capt. Jan de Fries, ensign Gysbert de Leuw, commissaries Van Cortland and Opdyck, are adjoined pro hac vice; William de Key challenges the captain, on the ground that he is a friend to the opposite party, and an enemy to him; Van den Bergh challenges Opdyck. [1645]