Document: Petition of Jean Paul Jacquet for copy of the fiscal's complaint against him

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To the noble, very worshipful, honorable director general and councilors of New Netherland.

Noble, very worshipful gentlemen.]

Whereas the honorable fiscal has been pleased by your honors’order to imprison me, the undersigned Jean Paul Jacquet, your honors’ humble servant, and I do not know the reasons why or what about, and as I find myself very much inconvenienced thereby; therefore I humbly pray that your honors will please to let me be provided with a copy of the honorable fiscal’s request, upon which the arrest was granted, also of his honor’s accusation and charges that his honor thinks to have against me, that I may defend myself. Which doing, (written below) Your esteemed honors’humble servant (and signed) Jean Paul Jacquet, (in the margin) Amsterdam in N. Netherland, the 24th of May 1657.

The honorable director general gave the following decision to the foregoing request. [ It has already been ordered ] upon the petition of the honorable fiscal [ as plaintiff and attorney, that a proper statement of the complaints be made, upon which the action having been brought, it will be delivered to the petitioner. In the meantime the secretary van ] Ruyven [ is ordered to deliver to the petitioner ] a copy of the demanded [ request. ] Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, the 24th of May 1657.