The Board thereupon admonished Grey to a more correct judicial behavior 
and a swifter administration of justice. 473 In 1702 Governor Codrington of 
the Leeward Islands was cautioned as to his administration of justice. 474 In 
1703, at the instigation of the Board of Trade, circular letters were sent to the 
royal provinces exhorting impartial administration of justice. 475 The extensive 
charges of maladministration of justice made against Governor Crowe of 
Barbados in 1708 478 resulted in an order for him to return to England to 
answer these charges. 477 The actions of Governor Parke of the Leeward Islands 
were also complained of as arbitrary, especially in the capacity of Chancellor 
478 Complaints were made against Governor Hunter of New Jersey in 
1 7 1 4/5! 479 an d in 1720, upon the complaint of one Duport, Governor Hamilton 
of Jamaica was admonished against delay of justice. 480 Oppressive proceedings 
in the proprietary Bahamas, including denial of an appeal to England, 
were considered. 481 But the Board was not concerned with injuries of a 
"private nature" sustained by colonial gubernatorial maladministration; 
remedy in such case was available under 11 and 12 William 111, c. 12. 482 The 
Board also exercised a supervisory jurisdiction over gubernatorial removal 
from office of judicial appointees 483 and suspension from practice of colonial 
barristers. 484 
The Board of Trade also endeavored to prevent judicial appointees or 
councilors from using their office to impede justice. Upon Barbados complaint 
in 1697 of a judge sitting in a cause in which he was interested, the 
Board ordered appointment of an impartial judge. 485 Upon the 1704 petition 
of James Cowse of Barbados, the Board advised that the governor suspend any 
councilor impeding justice in a cause wherein such councilor was interested. 486 
Upon another Barbados petition, one Maycock, a judge, was to be suspended 
from office upon any further obstruction to justice. 487 It was also recommended 
that Richard Downes, another Barbados judge, be removed from office in an 
ibid., 1701, #8, 9, 64, 198, 209, 1031 (for 
counter allegations see ibid., $121, 340, 510); 
ibid., 1702, #3, 15, 50, 62. 
473 Ibid., 1701, #81, 133, 246, 1074. 
i7i lbid., 1702, #244. For Codrington's defense 
see ibid., #369; for further admonitions, 
ibid., #944. See also Harlow, Christopher 
Codrington, 1668—1710 (1928), c. vi. 
475 CSP, Col., 1702-s, #578. 
476 Ibid., 1708-9, #126 i. 
477 Ibid., 1708-9, #694, 696. In 1710 the 
Board was ordered to report what was most 
requisite and proper to be done to prevent 
further irregular proceedings in the Barbados 
courts (ibid., 1710-11, #68, 577, 580). 
478 Ibid., 1708-9, #443 ii; ibid., 1712-14, 
#532. For Parke's defense see ibid., 1710—11, 
#391; French, The History of Colonel Parse's 
Administration (1717), 131-35. 
479 4 Doe. Rel. Col. Hist. N.J., 203 
480 CSP, Col., 1720-21, #128, 133. 
481 Ibid., 1702, #78. For further allegations 
as to Bahamas "justice," see ibid., 1702, $120. 
iS2 lbid., 1701, #1074. 
483 See ibid., 1726—27, #796-97. 
iM lbid., 1706-8, #600 i, 618-19, 623, 695. 
4Ss lbid., 1697-98, #81, 88. Difficulty was 
encountered in enforcing this order; see ibid., 
1 (>99, #7i6» 823; ibid., 1702-s, #215; ibid., 
17045, #1029; but cf. ibid., #1251. 
is6 lbid., 17045, #134, 169, 185. 
487 Ibid., #441, 617.