A person calling himself a blacksmith named Daniel went to visit Jacobus Meijburg. He had bought coal from Stephanus Sebastiaan Walters and had treated Meijburg's son's horse. As payment, he gave Meijburg's son silver buckles that were stolen from Willem Hartkamp.
He then went to widow Gilderhuijsen's place near Saldanha Bay. He asked her son, who worked there as a servant, for a night's lodging, claiming he had his workshop at widow Poul Jordaan's place and was just out for pleasure. After getting permission, the next day he accompanied Gildenhuijsen to farmer Jacobus Kloete's place near Massenberg.
He stayed there until the afternoon, but when Gildenhuijsen decided to remain there, he secretly returned to widow Gildenhuijsen's place. He told the slave Gabriel that he had permission to stay overnight. The next morning, he stole Gildenhuijsen's light blue coat or waistcoat, a musket with bandolier, and one of his horses.
He rode to Geelbek Fountain, the farm of Johannes Heufke. There, he told the slave Martinus he was Gilderhuijsen's servant out hunting. After leaving the stolen musket and bandolier at Geelbek Fountain, he rode to farmer Teunis Schalkwijk's place called Ganse Kraal.
National Archives / Archives South Holland, archive number 1.04.02, Inventaris van het archief van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC), 1602-1795 (1811), inventory number 10960, Kamer Zeeland, INGEKOMEN STUKKEN VAN DE KANTOREN IN INDIE BIJ DE HEREN XVII EN DE KAMER ZEELAND, Stukken van de gouverneur en raden van Kaap de Goede Hoop, Kopie-criminele rollen van de Raad van Justitie van Kaap de Goede Hoop, 1761
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