Document: Order on the petition of Jannetje Melyn permitting her husband to move from prison to a more comfortable place

At the session having read the petition of Jannetje Melijn, requesting that her husband,[1] presently a prisoner, may be detained in a suitable place until such time that his guilt or innocence become apparent, because he has a very bad leg, it was decided, after deliberation, that if the petitioner is able to post sufficient bail against flight to the satisfaction of the lord fiscal as prosecuting attorney, then the fiscal is authorized to allow the prisoner lighter detention, whether at the city hall or elsewhere as he shall deem advisable. In the meantime, the plaintiff is ordered to allow the prisoner, in due time, to have his leg examined and dressed by the barber-surgeon. Ady ut supra. 31 August 1655.

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