9. corpus delicti
9. On the Hill
1679
Corpus delicti
Aerdt Jansen van Boerdonck may have seen the Heuvel in Gemert as a refuge. Chased by two very aggressive brothers, he nevertheless breathed his last there, roaring.
‛Peter and Jacop Janssen Gielens killed him miserably near the house of Lambert van Duijn.'
Work to do for the sheriff. He notes:
‛The bailiff had to be kept on hand by the forester to capture the perpetrators. The men were ready, but it was too late. Therefore, I was forced to have the body preserved.'
To be on the safe side, the bailiff also noted all kinds of expenses arising from the investigation.
‛To have the body visited by two…
9. On the Hill
1679
Corpus delicti
Aerdt Jansen van Boerdonck may have seen the Heuvel in Gemert as a refuge. Chased by two very aggressive brothers, he nevertheless breathed his last there, roaring.
‛Peter and Jacop Janssen Gielens killed him miserably near the house of Lambert van Duijn.'
Work to do for the sheriff. He notes:
‛The bailiff had to be kept on hand by the forester to capture the perpetrators. The men were ready, but it was too late. Therefore, I was forced to have the body preserved.'
To be on the safe side, the bailiff also noted all kinds of expenses arising from the investigation.
‛To have the body visited by two surgeons, testimonies and dinners at the house of Mrs. Van der Lee, the banker's panning of the aldermen, having the delinquents cited by edict, having been to St. Anthonis because the delinquents had been spotted there.'
And so on and so forth.
All well and good, but it all takes the deceased's supporters too long.
‛Yes, the friends of the offender thought they should kidnap the body.'
Let us assume that this larceny of the corpus delicti was done with a cart. Then that cart is now also a corpus delicti.
And so on and so forth.