Document: Indictment against Andries Matthias for an assault with a knife on Hendrick van Elswyck

Middelborgh, who [ ] prisoner in hand, [ ] on the condition that the court costs [ ] or if more proof is brought against him, according to form, allowing the prisoner the right of appeal, if he so desires. Thus done at the session of the honorable director-general and high council held in New Amsterdam, 28 October 1654; present: the honorable director-general, Mr. Nicasius de Sille, La Montangne.

Cornelis van Thienhooven, fiscal, by virtue of his office, plaintiff against Andries Matthias, presently a prisoner for drawing a knife and other instances of gross insolence committed at the house of Sergeant Daniel[221] against the Swedish factor, Mr. Hendrick van Elswyck; the plaintiff submits his written charge, requesting that the prisoner be brought to the place where justice is customarily administered, and