Document: Minute of a complaint by the magistrates of Flushing against Mark Menloff

Holding Institution

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V05_0030b

Description

Minute. Of a complaint, by the magistrates of Flushing, against Mark Menloff, for killing and stealing a hog, and order that the prisoner ask pardon and state the circumstances of the case; defendant acknowledges his guilt, but refuses to state whether he had any abettors; committed, and ordered prosecuted.

Document Date

1652-03-11

Document Date (Date Type)

1652-03-11

Document Type

Minutes

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Minute

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Translation

[ First several lines are lost. ]

Marck Menloo concerning the stealing and killing of [ ] Lourentsz' sow.

The prisoner, Menloo, denies killing the sow. It is sufficiently clear to the honorable director-general that the prisoner stole the pig. The prisoner is ordered to pray to God for forgiveness and to confess the truth in the matter. The prisoner admits bringing the shoat home and mistreating it. The director-general and council being certain, and the prisoner unwilling to tell whether anyone else was involved, they order the fiscal to hold him under close confinement in order to proceed against him in the usual way.

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/A1809/NYSA_A1809-78_V05_0030b.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 4, Council Minutes, 1638-1649 (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.