Document: Order for the sale of tobacco smuggled by Jacob Cohen

The lord fiscal Cornelis van Tienhoven, ex officio, plaintiff against Jacob Cohen, Jewish merchant at this place. The plaintiff submitted the adjoined written charge. The defendant being present, requested a copy thereof, and time to respond to it; in addition, permission to remove the barrels under security.

The director general and councilors order that the defendant be given a copy of the charge so that he can respond to it at the next session; concerning the request to be allowed to remove the tobacco under security, it is allowed, provided that he posts bond to the plaintiff s satisfaction.

Done at the session, ady ut supra; present: the honorable lord director general Petrus Stuyvesant, the lord Nicasius de Sille, the lord La Montagne.

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