Register note: a man found beaten in the hollow lane near Dörnsen; "the perpetrator was Wasman", Halle, March 1602

Transcript and translation

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Transcription (German)

… [15?] Martii früh morgens in der Hülse [Hohlweg] ganz gefunden und nach Dörnsen gebracht … hat man doch befunden, dass er … geschlagen mit einer Keule? … [p. 119:] [..] den 16(?) desselben erhängt/erhengt(?) [..]. Der Thäter ist gewesen Wasman Wegen[s]en(?) Schäfer(?) ist, welcher hat [..] auf den Freitag [..].

Translation (English)

… found early on the morning of [15?] March in the hollow lane and brought to Dörnsen … it was found that he had been beaten with a club(?) … The perpetrator was Wasman [of Wegensen?], who is a [shepherd?], who on the Friday …

Notes

"Der Thäter ist gewesen Wasman" read at 3.5x (long s); the place and the role rest on doubtful words. The page is dense, with Latin lines; the left page and the lower right page only partly legible.

Addendum: F442.

Grade: Stated for "Der Thäter ist gewesen Wasman"; the rest possible.

*Conventions: [ ] editorial addition; [?] uncertain reading; [..] or […] illegible or outside the crop; dates as the register gives them (Julian before 1700).