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as the church-books of St N icolaus tell us, he had married
only three years before. By far the most quarrelsome of
the family was David. Sometimes he has as many as
three cases going on at the same time. Now he sues a
certain Robert Wood, a skipper from Scotland, complaining
that he had not delivered his shipment of iron in Leith
and Dundee, as he had been ordered by him, but in a
small place called Krijel (Creall), whereby he had suffered
damage to the extent of 555 Thaler. But Robert proves
from his bill-of-lading that no special port in Scotland was
mentioned; he also hinted that the present prosecution
was not so much undertaken to decide the justice or the
injustice of the cause, but to hinder him from continuing
his voyage until the sea was closed. Both parties were
finally informed that they must find sufficient security, after
which Wood was permitted to continue his voyage.1 Or
David is aggravated at the delay of the law, and sends in a
libel to the Magistrates complaining that he could not
obtain his rights,2 whereupon the bench with natural
indignation answers, that such reproaches were intolerable
for any honest man, much more for the Magistrates. The
law must have its course, but in the meantime Feif
must procure bail, or himself become bail, for future good
behaviour.
Sometimes the tables are turned, and Feif appears as the
defendant. Thus, on the 25th of November 1635, he is
accused by the Treasury of attempting to cheat the
Crown out of seven hundred Thaler.
Old Jacob Feif died in or about 1657. Towards the
end of his life he was much broken down in spirits, having
sustained heavy losses in his shipping business. His friends
resolved to start him anew by offering him 4000-5000
1 Protokoll, R. A., 1645.
2 “ Att han sin rätt icke erlanga kan.” Same year, November 22nd.
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