Document: Order refusing to pay a bill of costs of the fiscal for prosecuting Jean Paul Jacquet

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Specification handed over by De Sille, of which his honor claims that Jan Paul Jacquet owes it to him.

The inventory in three pages ƒ 2:5:– for 16 copies of attestations, each separate ƒ16:0:– for translating 3 ƒ 3:0:–

for the claim ƒ 0:18:–

the excerpt of everything, consisting of 8 pages ƒ 9:12:– copy of the answer by Jacquet in 9 pages ƒ 9:16:–

Sum ƒ41:11–

Which, having been read, it was answered: It does not appear to the director general and councilors that the former commander on the South River, Jan Paul Jacquet, is condemned to pay any fine, much less the costs of the lawsuit; therefore, he does not owe any legal costs; because the plaintiff ex officio began the case on account of the Company [several lines lost] [ hand ] over [ ] will be [ ] Done in Amsterdam in New Netherland [ ] 1658.

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