Document: Motion of the fiscal that Cornelis Willemsen be examined

At the session, present: the director-general and all the councilors (except for Mr. Werckhooven), Fiscal Cornelis van Thienhooven [ ] that Cornelis Willemsz, presently a prisoner, shall be examined for the maintenance of justice; and if he remains obstinate, that he be examined more closely and severely[1] in the presence of two commissioners from the high council so that the truth and his accomplices may be discovered; and he requests that it be done as soon as possible. Done at the session in Fort New Amsterdam, 24 August 1654.

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