The sun., 1897-12-05
FROM OLD DUTGHRECoRDS.
o.srs BEFoRE THE MAGIsTRATEs
oE VIEW AMSTERDAM.
yo.-,, or the scSouts 90 Keep tho Taprooms
r,o,sa ON sundaSs-Trousics OF tho Kniek-
sr,,ochcr,-sorns Paninhraents OF the Tin,o
n..,,, vn,a OF nepressipE Disorder. |

S,,o.., nm sundn9s-rroubtcs OF tho kutck-
.rpocLers-some Paninhracnt- OF tho Tin'o
o..,,t ways or nepressinE Disorder.
Tn the old Dutch records, ns they arc COM
| ron,v cnlled, which this city is publishing,
there are many quaint reflections OF New Am
sterdam life. and some that snow good OH
~ sirnilnrity in the natures Of the ancient
hurobors nnd those of tho present day residents
NJ Manhattan Island. In their published form
,hooo archives are entitled: "The records Of
Nav A,psterdam from 1853 TO 1874" A few
otrov documents OF earlier date nre included
among them. but practically all previous rec
ords have been destroyed or lost. They have
bccn n scaled book, to all intents and purposes,
for n long period for not even oil Dutch schol.
,rs arc conycrsant with tho Dutch language of
tho middle of the seventeenth century, and only
n few students OF history have had access to the
old manuscripts, which have been kept In the
library OF the City Hall. The work OF editing
bas been done by Bcrthod Fernow, who for
nearly a year has sat day by day at his task in
n window Of the City Hall overlooking tho lower
end OF the park He ia now engaged upon the
;pdey IN the records which will form volume
by itself Tho records will bo In seven vol.
umes. four of which are Off the press. The
complete set Is expected early next month.
The records form no connected story, nor are
they full or formal documents. They are the
minutes Of the Court OF Burgomasters and
Scbepcns which was in intimate relation with
tho people on the ono hand and with the Direct
or-General and Council on the other. The
courts decisions were usually based upon
equity and the general welfare rather than
upon any code or statutory cnactments' though
tho "placards" or ordinances promulgated by the
Diroctort,c,eral md Council governed them
as they were intended to regulate the conduct
nf the iphn n W. n
NJ prest burphcrs. members OF tbe frat class of
VI ei."' o'' . - VI 0 ,.,. ..''o "
ourghors, OF lrcemeh' tne small ourgners not
being eligible to tho offices OF burgomastcr.
schepcn, orphan master. or schout The schout
had various duties. Besides being general
peace officer and making arrests as such, he
acted as prosecuting attorney and presided over
the court except when no was personally the
complainant. The court minutes disclose some
The members of the court seem to have felt a
nk u,s,"ST " hot ts ., o, ouo,fs s eueVf W ~
police call excise cases. This happened on Dec.
sillo and Under Sheriff Resolved or Resol'
court ep the the % Heeron Sc,siu, 'd de
S;no Narton crngior olof st.ronvon Cor,Ionr
Joannes van Brush, Hondrick Janzen wander
Vim, Jacob Kip, and Cornelis Stcenwyck Schout
40 S;,,o d,,>,nd,d ,h,. , s,,, h. ,,i, ,,,>o, A II,
HtS because us au 'appea on .fe smora @ OF
mehurek ,h van tdr aer M4S'' contrary TO inc plae
pledge ;r In to other he words G because a 0tte had
customers sword as security for "l; payment % for for
s%chou1 % Hen'enaeu va otat WE shonid iorteI some
ng o tor nc b9pf r. @ thfs at1er Ge
At any rate the defcndant denied the chorSG
house after , the watch had gone on duty. but
Han a tl a earv 1 ds H nere as
IN par as tho have it,
when on ;s GNclse MISSIONS i9r Snder sheriff Wal,
dpon % tes,Iea H n .aL Ine nnRGeRer had tod van an
he paid for the hhrcg G,, cans OF wine which had
been drawn m on Iaf II; The court gave decision
Schout de Sillc pursued women offenders with
~ the Ic au nc got one OF inc
oSer Sa ahe bcre bs G ne
cordinS 10 the Old Hollanders, greater expert
emce; e, she vas me wife OF Hendriek Janzen
and demanded . fine because they had been
hghtng CIV with Peter t ~ de Moormans WIFE he
ddti9n for the damage they had causGd by the
@ ari or m t6a %
high. The. ,scandaiized BurRomasters and
SGnepens f WIN N anery M y c6k NJ up ne
And the same was done.
bref paragraph In the court minutes az
fords possible; explanation OF seh9ut dc Sillss
lmpauehce win headstrong ana unthrltty
women. He game one day requesting of his
worshlpful colleagues divorce from MS "iic
Catharina Croegers. on account OF her un-
becoming and careless life both by her wasting
property without his knoWledge and by her
habitnal drnnkenneSs. eS ,Kegard being HAD
FOR the quality OF the petitioner, by his wor-
shipful fellow Judges, he was referred to the
Dtrec' or General and Council. De Sillc made
statement to the Court and asked immediato
action upon , inca measure are & Of protection to hi5
that. his wife being drunk on the previous sun
day, he had appointed q person to watch her.
Ono OF his children saw her push some goods TO
Jacobs Wis. whereupon De sillo notified Wis
TO seal tho goods and papers that the woman
had pushed to him, MS if,anything was missed
Of De Stiles property IT. would be charged to
Wis. Dc Sille wanted this attachment declared
valid, and the Court so declared 1t.
.Resolveert Waldron, Under Sheriff, devoted
himself hi espSGia,lly to the taprooms As a fourth
selling drinks. prcftcrring, this lazy way of
| money making, to the neglect of the more use.
full occupations, as the old chronicles have 1t,
| It may readily be seen that Manhattan was n
| fine field for him. Waldrnn appears in an
action by Schout Pieter Tonnemnn against