Translation
Reply of the fiscal to the answer of Michel Tadens
The lord fiscal Sille by virtue of the office, plaintiff, against Michiels Tadens, presently incarcerated.
The plaintiff responds to the frivolous reply of the prisoner; he remains as the principle for his requested plea, asserting that the prisoner’s requested plea be denied, whereas it is most necessary that an example be established, for otherwise this sale of brandy and spirits shall never cease in this country.
The above reply of the prisoner Michiels Tadens having been read aloud, the wilt, who the lord fiscal has [ ] at the prisoner’s house, was summoned to the session.
References
Translation: Gehring, C., & Venema, J. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 8, Council Minutes, 1656-1658 Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press: 2018.A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
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