Court proceedings. Jacob Stevensen vs. Jan Snediger, case of attachment; settled. Symon Dircksen Pos, appellant, vs. Adriaen van der Donck, respondent; case continued. Mary Willems, widow of William Willems, vs. John Haes, case of bastardy; plaintiff brings a child into court and says defendant is its father; defendant denies it, and proves that plaintiff went with other men; plaintiff is ordered to quit the province, and defendant to make her a small present. [1645];Court proceedings. Richard Smith vs. John Wilcock; plaintiff complains that defendant traded, contrary to contract, at his trading house, which defendant denies; case continued. Symon Pos vs. Augustyn Heerman, for shipping plaintiff's beavers without his consent in the sloop Renselaerswyck; defendant denies the allegation; case continued. Philip Geraerdy and Richard Cloff vs. George Collen, action for a debt due Mr. Moor by defendant, who is a fugitive (from Virginia); defendant pleads payment by service. Thomas Baxter vs. John Pickes; plaintiff gave a note for the purchase-money of a sloop, but not having received the vessel, demands return of his note. [1645];Report. Of an interview between Gerrit Vastrick and Cornelis Melyn, when the former having threatened to summon the latter for a debt, before the court, he retorted, "I have nothing to do with the court; there is no justice for me here," and violently abused Vastrick. [1645]
