Document: Sentence of Sander Toursen and his wife

The director general and councilors of New Netherland having seen, read, and considered the foregoing indictment made ex officio of the lord fiscal Cornelis van Tienhoven against Sander Toursen and his wife, and, in addition, in consideration of the great suspicion that various persons have, regardless of his obstinate disavowal thereof, that Sander Toursen and his wife have sold brandy to the Indians; also, that the arrested Indians have voluntarily declared that they had obtained the strong drink from Sander Toursen and his wife, and the token that they had given to verify their statement has been found, the director general and councilors banish the aforesaid Sander Toursen and his wife, as they hereby so do, from this province of New Netherland, and condemned them to be returned to the fatherland aboard the ship de Waagh, presently lying here ready to make sail, as an example to other brandy sellers to the Indians.

Thus done at our session held at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland. Ady ut supra.