Document: Declaration of Adriaen Claessen Swits and others that the beer obtained at Jan Snediger's was of short measure

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A0270-78_V2_041a
Description

Declaration. Adriaen Clasen Swits, that the beer he got at Jan Snedeker's was found of short measure. [1642]

Document Date
1642-12-20
Document Date (Date Type)
1642-12-20
Document Type
Declaration

Translation
Translation

[ Adriaen Cl ]aessen Swits, 20 years of age, testifies [ at the request ] of the fiscal that on the 19th of December he got beer at the house of Jan Snediger three different times. The first time he found it one pint short in hardly three pints, the second time it was found to be scarcely wine measure, and the third time it was found to be a gill short in three pints, the pint being wine measure.

Harman Myndersen declares that he also saw the beer measured, and Van Elslandt likewise. Done the 20th of December 1642.

Adriaen Clasen Swits
Harman A. Booghardy
Claes van Elslant
Jan Snedekes’
Cornelis van Tienhoven

References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York.  https://www.archives.nysed.gov/  

Translation link see: http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A0270/NYSA_A0270-78_V2_041a.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 2, Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642-1647 (A. Van Laer, Trans.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1974.

Copyright to the published bound volume is held by the Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.

To Party 1
To Party 1
Jan Snediger (ID: 1,660,164)
To Party 1 Entity
Individual
To Party 1 Entity Role
Accused
From Party 1
From Party 1 Text Unlinked
Adriaen Claessen Swits
From Party 1 Entity
Individual
From Party 1 Entity Role
Complainant
From Party 2
From Party 2 Text Unlinked
Harman Myndersen
From Party 2 Entity
Individual
Additional From Parties
Additional From Parties (Unlinked)
Witness / Complainant: Van Elslandt

Harman A. Booghardy
Claes van Elslant
Cornelis van Tienhoven
User Tags
beer
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Provincial Secretary register of the Provincial Secretary (Series A0270 _ 1642-1660)
Item
041a
Link
http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/10974
Search Terms
These are "complainants" but may be better to call "Witness" as a new entity role:
Harman Myndersen
Van Elslandt


Assuming this is a typo in the translation:
Jan Snedekes’