E.B. O'Callaghan, Laws and Ordinances of New Netherland, 1638-1674, at 33 (1868)
| dc.coverage.spatial | New York [Colony] | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T13:33:41Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T15:22:39Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T03:32:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1642 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ordinance Of The Director And Council Of New Netherland Against Drawing A Knife And Inflicting A Wound Therewith: No one shall presume to draw a knife much less to would any person, under the penalty of fl.50, to be paid immediately, or, in default, to work three months with the Negroes in chains; this, without any respect of person. Let every one take heed against damage and be warned. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Therefore, We hereby Ordain, decree and enact, agreeably to the Ordinance made last year in Holland by the High and Mighty Lords States General, that no one shall presume to draw a knife much less to would any person, under the penalty of fl.50, to be paid immediately, or, in default, to work three months with the Negroes in chains; this, without any respect of person. Let every one take heed against damage and be warned. | |
| dc.description.summary | Prohibited brandishing knives, punishable by fine or hard labor. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4773 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Laws_and_Ordinances_of_New_Netherland_16/PnYDAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=knife%20 | |
| dc.subject | COMMITTING CRIME W/ WEAPON - NON-GUN ARMS | |
| dc.title | E.B. O'Callaghan, Laws and Ordinances of New Netherland, 1638-1674, at 33 (1868) |