Cape Council of Policy
685
1682-01-05
Minute details
- Entry number
- 685
- Date
- 1682-01-05
- Year
- 1682
English translation
By61 the fiscal of this residence having requested at the meeting a regulation as to how he should conduct himself in case any one of these freedmen should come to him to ask him to apprehend one or more of their servants and mercenaries on their behalf that they have committed crimes or insolence against them, because of the aforementioned. The fiscal pretended to have no knowledge of how people there are accustomed to act, as such had never occurred to him before. Therefore, in all reasonableness, it has been agreed that if someone of these free citizens comes to ask the fiscal to indemnify one or more of his servants for committed irregularities, the fiscal or his superior will be obliged to do so, but two citizens residing in this place, one over the other, come to the fiscal and complain about any incidents or threats from his party, with the request that, to prevent any misfortunes that might result from this, he would indemnify him, with the offer to hold himself personally accountable. He may then fiscally detain the accused, with the understanding, however, that the officer must also have him taken into custody alongside his party to further verify his case and convince his party. However, if one of these residents makes the same request in the name of a person not present here, with the same offer to vouch for it, such a person may also be fiscally arrested by him.
Thus arrested and resolved at the Castle of Good Hope, date of issue.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. and Sectrs.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Thus arrested and resolved at the Castle of Good Hope, date of issue.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. and Sectrs.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Original Dutch transcription
Door61 den fiscael deser residentie ter vergaderinge versocht sijnde om een regulement hoedanigh hij hem soude hebben te gedraagen in cas ijemandt deser vrijingeseetenen aan hem comen te versoecken om een off wel meer derselver knechten en huerlingen eenelijck op haer seggen dat sij tegens haer hebben misdaen, off wel insolentien gepleecht, te apprehendeeren, vermits de voorne. fiscael voorgaff geen kennis te hebben hoedanigh men daer ontrent gewoon is te handelen, alsoo hem sulcx noijt was te vooren gecomen, Soo is naer genoomen consideratien goetgevonden, wanneer jemandt deser vrij ingeseetenen aan den fiscael comt te versoecken dat hij een off meer sijner knechten over gepleechde onbehoorlijckheden wil verseeckeren, sal den fiscael off wel desselffs geweldiger gehouden wesen sulcx te doen, dogh twee borgers te deser plaatsewoonachtigh62 d’ een over den anderen aan hem fiscael comende klaagen over eenige feijtelijkheden off wel dreijgementen van sijn parthij, met versoeck dat hij, tot voorcominge van eenige onheijlen, die daer uijt soude cunnen resulteeren, hem soude verseeckeren, met aenbiedinge sijn persoon daer voor aanspreekelijck te stellen, Soo sal hij fiscael den beschuldichde moogen detineeren, met dien verstande nochtans, dat den geledeerde hem oock nevens sijn parthij sal moeten laaten neemen in verseeckeringh om sijn saack nader te verefieeren63 en sijn parthij te overtuijgen, maer in gevalle jemandt deser inwoonders ‘t selve versoeck doet in ‘t reguart van een persoon hier ter plaatse niet bescheijden, met gelijcke aanbiedinge om daer voor in te staen, sal een soodanigh persoon mede door hem fiscael mogen werden in arrest genoomen.
Aldus g’arresteert en geresolveert in ‘t Casteel d’ Goede Hoop, datum uts.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. en Sectrs.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Aldus g’arresteert en geresolveert in ‘t Casteel d’ Goede Hoop, datum uts.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. en Sectrs.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.