60 JUDICIARY. 



Samuel Parker, Thomas Young, Joseph Cole, John 

 Wright, John West, Timothy Bowling, John Milledge, Henry- 

 Close, Walter Fox, John Grady, James Carwell, Richard Cannon. 



" To this bench of magistrates," says Dr. Stevens, " the 

 trustees did what they could, to give dignity and authority; 

 and well knowing the respect which is inspired by the badges 

 and trappings of office, sent over magisterial gowns ; those for 

 the three Bailiffs being purple, edged with fur, and for the Re- 

 corder being black tufted." A court of the same kind was 

 established at Frederica, but upon the merging of the two 

 counties into one, in 1743, the court of Frederica was abol- 

 ished, and the President and Assistants were directed to hold 

 four courts in each year, in Savannah. This was the only 

 court, until the arrival of Governor Reynolds, upon whose re- 

 commendation a General Court was established, having juris- 

 diction of all cases exceeding the value of forty shillings, and 

 also to have the same power exercised by the Courts of King's 

 Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer in England. This 

 court was to consist of two Judges, Attorney-General, and 

 other lower officers, and was to be held quarterly, on the second 

 Monday, respectively, of January, April, July, and October. 

 Appeals from the decisions of this court, provided the sum ex- 

 ceeded £300 in value, could be made to the Governor and 

 Council ; and if the amount involved in the case was more 

 than £500, it could be carried to the king in council. A 

 Court of Chancery was also ordered, for hearing and deter- 

 mining all matters of equity, to be held before the Governor as 

 Chancellor, and the officers of which were to be a Master, Re- 

 gister and Examiner. A Court of Oyer and Terminer was 

 also ordered, to sit twice, for the trial of all criminal cases, and 

 a Court of Admiralty, to manage maritime cases. For punish- 

 ing slaves committing capital crimes, a Commission of Oyer 

 and Terminer was to be issued to the justice of the district 

 where the offence was committed. Justices' Courts were to 

 determine sums under 40 shillings. The first judges of the 

 General Court were Noble Jones and Jonathan Bryan. In 

 the Court of Admiralty wt e James Edward Powell, Judge 

 Advocate ; William Clifton, Advocate General ; Alexander 

 Kellett, Marshal; William Spenser, Register. Until 1789, 



