352 TlMEHRI. 
where between 1765 and 1769, one ROSEN was sen- 
tenced to be exposed under the gallows for an hour 
on f a public day,' with a cord round his neck, and to be 
banished from the colony, whilst his property was to be 
confiscated to defray the expenses of the suit. On the 
3rd of July 1769, Pieter, Jan, Louis, and Quakhoe, 
negro slaves, charged with riot, were sentenced to be 
whipped, their ears and noses to be cut off, after which 
they were to be banished from the colony (p. 219.) 
Upon the question of punishing by banishment, the 
opinion of Dutch lawyers, was enclosed with a Resolu- 
tion of the States General of the 2nd of October 1772 
(p. 223). In the Court of Justice of Essequibo, on the 
3rd October 1769, a proposal respecting the purchase of 
another negro to be employed as Executioner, was referred 
to the Court of Policy (p. 249). Compensation was 
given to owners by the colony for slaves executed for 
crimes, until the 1st September 1795, when indemnifica- 
tion in such cases was abolished. 
In Civil Matters, the working of the Courts may be 
illustrated by the following notes. On application to the 
Court of Justice of Essequibo, a certificate of good 
character was. on the 3rd January 1746, issued to D. 
DOELENS. At the same time, the Court refused a similar 
certificate to Jan Dudonjos. On the 7th of July 1768, 
the Court granted a certificate of good character to the 
Baron Van GROVENSTIN (p. 162). Letters of Protec- 
tion were granted to one MOORE, in the year 1767, 
for ten years, for the re-establishment of his affairs, 
(pp. 80, 95). In the Combined Court of Policy, held at Fort 
Zeelandia, on the 10th January 1774, it was resolved to 
have the names of persons desirous of leaving either 
