Document: Proceedings in the case of the farmer of the excise vs. Egbert van Borsum for violation of the excise laws

At the session, present: the honorable lord director general Petrus Stuy- vesant, the honorable lord Nicasius de Sille, the lord Lamontagne, and the lord fiscal Cornelis van Tienhoven.

Warnaer Wessels, farmer of the excise, plaintiff, and the adjoined lord officer against Egbert van Borsum, defendant. The plaintiff made his written charge that the defendant has taken some wine out of the house of Pieter Wolphertsz without sworn workmen and without the knowledge of the plaintiff, or without having a certificated therefore, and brought it to Long Island.

The defendant requested a copy of the charge, which he was allowed, and he was ordered to respond to it in writing at the next session of the court. Ady ut supra.