On July 8th
Willem Kieft, director, plaintiff, vs. Jochim Pitersz, defendant, for payment of 500 and odd guilders. Defendant acknowledges the debt and says that he will bring in his counter-claim.
Jacob Elbersen from Cadoele, mate on the ship De Maecht van Enckhuysen, plaintiff, vs. Cornelis Groesen, defendant. Plaintiff demands that defendant prove that he treated him badly and ordered him ashore. Defendant affirms it and maintains that it happened. Jacob Elbersen and Cornelis Groesen forgive each other in court.
Mr. Moor, plaintiff, vs. Mr. Spyser, defendant, on account of attachment of the bark of Piter Lourensz and Mr. Trochmarten. Piter Lourensz is condemned to pay Mr. Spyser for the bark according to the power of attorney, provided that Mr. Spyser give security for the immediate return of the purchase money of the bark if Mr. Moore hereafter proves that the knight[1] is indebted to him.
The fiscal, plaintiff, vs. Laurens Cornelisz, defendant. First default.
On July 14
The fiscal, plaintiff, vs. Laurens Cornelisz, defendant.
Having seen the written complaint of the fiscal against Laurens Cornelisz, skipper of the Maecht van Enckhuysen, setting forth that the aforesaid Laurens Cornelisz sold some pitch, train-oil and lace without having entered the same, we have duly considered the matter and observed that the goods that were sold are not worth more than fl. 300; also, that a skipper can not go on a voyage without taking something with him, as he does not know where he shall land and has many wants and that, if he had asked permission of the Company at Amsterdam to do so, such a little thing would not have been refused him; therefore, it is ordered that he, Laurens Cornelisz, shall pay a fine of one anker of wine for the benefit of the fiscal and his friends; wherewith he is discharged and the fiscal's complaint about the smuggling is dismissed.
This sentence is pronounced by Batiaen Jansz Crol, Willem Cornelisz Oldemarckt, and Captain Jan de Fries and Hendric van Dye, ensign, who were requested by the honorable director provisionally to give their opinion regarding the offense committed by Laurens Cornelisz.
Absent: the honorable director and Mr. La Montangne, as being objected to.
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