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Extraordinary Session Held in Fort Orange
September 4,1657

Present:

J. La Montagne, that is to say,
Philip Pietersen
Jan Tomassen
Goossen Gerritsen
Adriaen Gerritsen
magistrates

The officer, plaintiff, against Henderick Anderiessen, defendant.
The plaintiff says that the defendant on August 26, about ten o’clock in the evening, stood with naked sword in the middle of the street. He produces Jan Anderiessen, Abraham van Coesan, and Rem Janssen as witnesses and requests that they be examined in regard to the matter.
Jan Anderiessen, appearing before the court, declares that on the 26th of August, about ten o’clock in the evening, he saw Henderick Anderiessen standing in the middle of the street with an unsheathed saber^[1] in his hand, but did not see him molest or threaten anyone.
Abraham van Coesan declares that on the 26th of August, about ten o’clock in the evening, he saw Henderick Anderiessen with an unsheathed saber standing in the middle of the street and coming with the saber toward the deponent, who said to him, “Keep away from me.” He declares that he did not know with whom he was dealing, but noticed that he was drunk.
Rem Janssen says that on the 26th of August, about ten o’clock in the evening, he saw Henderick Anderiessen, being drunk, standing in the middle of the street with an unsheathed saber in his hand, which saber his wife gently took away from him.

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Translation: Gehring, C., trans./ed., New Netherland Documents Series: Vol. 16, part 2, Fort Orange Court Minutes, 1652-1660 (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press: 1990).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.