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Ordinary Session Held in Fort Orange
October 2,1657

Present:

La Montagne
Jacob Schermerhoorn
Philip Pietersen
Jan Tomassen
Goossen Gerritsen
Adriaen Gerritsen

Adriaen Appel, plaintiff, against
Default. Lubbert, Labitee’s servant, defendant.

Evert Noldinck, plaintiff, against
Default. Lubbert, Labitee’s servant, defendant.

Marcelus Janssen, plaintiff, against
Default. Foppe Barentsen and Meester Adriaen,^[1] defendants.

Pieter Stevensen, plaintiff, against
Default. Henderick Gerritsen, defendant.

The honorable officer, plaintiff, against
Default. Cornelis Teunissen, defendant.

Cornelis Coenelissen, plaintiff, against Daniel Rinckhout, defendant.
The plaintiff demands payment for his house.
The defendant maintains that the house was not delivered according to the bill of sale and that the seller has thus far not finished two chimneys, nor made the attic tight, according to said bill of sale.
The court, having heard the parties, orders the plaintiff to deliver the house in question in accordance with the contract of sale, or in default thereof to have it finished out of the amount of the first payment.

Carsten Claessen, plaintiff, against Jan Roeloffsen, plaintiff.
The plaintiff demands payment of 22 beavers for a horse sold to him, [ the defendant ].
The court, having heard the parties, orders the defendant to pay the plaintiff 22 beavers within the space of two months.

The honorable officer, plaintiff, against Engeltjen Comelissen, defendant.
The plaintiff says that the defendant on the 14th of September went into the house of Wijnant de Kistemaecker, and without any cause insulted and beat said Wijnant’s wife, named Trijntie Melgers, for which assault, committed against the law, he demands reparation and justice.
The defendant admits having committed such an assault, not in the house, but on the doorsill thereof, having first been attacked by Trijntie Melgerts, and offers to prove this on the next court day.
The court, having heard the parties, orders the defendant to prove her assertion by sufficient witnesses.

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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.