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At a Council holden the 1st February, 1674.

Present —	The Governor-General,
	Councillor Cornelis Steenwyck,
	Mr. Cornelis van Ruyven, and
	Fiscal Willem Knyff..

Fiscal Willem Knyff, Pltff.,

against

Dirck Janse van Deventer, alias Smith, Deft.

Plaintiff says that Defendant did, on the 30th October last, grossly insult Lieutenant Carel Quyriusen, then his officer of the guard, for which the Deft. was prosecuted by the Schout before the Burgomasters and Schepens of this city, who pronounced sentence in the case on the 17th January last; but inasmuch as the Pltff. maintains that the Burgomasters and Schepens have not duly appreciated the merits of the case, he has thought it necessary to arraign the Deft. before the Supreme Council; concludes that the Deft. ought for the reasons aforesaid be condemned to demand forgiveness of God, justice and the injured gentleman, and to pay a fine of five hundred guilders in Beaver, and further be banished out this Province.
Deft. answers, that he did not know Mr. Crynsen; says also, that he is not aware of having affronted him.
Ordered and resolved by the Governor-General and Council that before this case be further proceeded with, the Burgomasters and Schepens shall depute two of the Board to give further explanation and information on said judgment at the next meeting of the Governor-General and Council.

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Translation: O'Callaghan, E.B., trans./ed., Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York, vol. 2 (Albany: Weed, Parsons: 1858), pp. 569-730 (vol. 23, pp. 1-270 only).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.