Document: Further proceedings in the case of the fiscal vs. Cohen, for smuggling

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New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0230

Description

Further proceedings in the case of the fiscal vs. Cohen, for smuggling; a compromise permitted.

Document Date

1656-01-18

Document Date (Date Type)

1656-01-18

Document Type

Proceeding

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Further

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Translation

At the session, present as before, appeared Jacob Cohen, Jew, defendant, to respond to the charge made against him by the lord fiscal on the 23d of December concerning smuggled tobacco.

The defendant requested a delay in order to respond at the next court session, which he was granted, ady ut supra.

At the session the honorable lord Cornelis van Tienhoven, fiscal of New Netherland, made known how Jacob Cohen, merchant, concerning the hogsheads of confiscated tobacco in question, sought [ ] with him

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after deliberation [ ] authorised to settle with [ ] concerning the 11 barrels of confiscated [ ] maximum profit of the Company. Ady ut supra.

References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York. https://www.archives.nysed.gov/

Translation link see: http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1809/NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0230.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 4, Council Minutes, 1638-1649 (A. Van Laer, Trans.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1974.

Copyright to the published bound volume is held by the Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.