Document: Order to the fiscal to prosecute the widow Morris for having falsely accused Van Borsum's slave of theft

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NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0547b
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Order. Fiscal to prosecute the widow Morris, for having falsely accused Van Borsum's negro of theft (see p. 539).

Document Date
1657-05-01
Document Date (Date Type)
1657-05-01
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Received the petition of Egbert van Borsum[i], ferryman, remonstrating that the goods of the English woman who had accused his[ii] Negro of theft of her goods were found at the house of Jan Peecq where she had left the same; requested that the lord fiscal should press charges against the aforesaid woman and the expenses caused him by the aforesaid woman be reimbursed.

After due deliberation it was decided: The lord fiscal Nicasius de Sille is authorized to institute proceedings according to the tenor of the law and provisionally hold the attached goods until further order. Dated 1 May 1657.

Rights: This translation is provided for education and research purposes, courtesy of the  New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections, Mutual Cultural Heritage Project. Rights may be reserved. Responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish, reproduce or other use rest with the user. For additional information see our Copyright and Use Statement Source: New York State Archives. New Netherland. Council. Dutch colonial council minutes, 1638-1665. Series A1809. Volume 8.

Translation Superscripts
[i]: See 8:522 and 539 for related proceedings.
[ii]: The original has the possessive adjective haar “her” instead of sijn “his.”
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_V08_0547b.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.

To Party 1
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widow Morris
To Party 1 Entity
To Party 2
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Van Borsum's slave of theft
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Additional To Party: Morris
Additional To Party: Egbert van Borsum
| To Party 3 Unlinked: Morris | To Party 3 Entity: Individual
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