Appendix A STATISTICS ON THE APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL, 1696-1783 The first column denotes the total number of appeals entered in the Privy Council Register (T); the second, the affirmances (A); the third, the reversals or variances (R); the fourth, the appeals dismissed for nonprosecution (D). The difference between the first column and the sum total of the other three columns denotes the number of appeals in which no definitive conciliar order issued. The statistics on the American plantations are divided into common law (civil and criminal), chancery, admiralty, and probate courts. The non-American jurisdictions are grouped separately. TABLE 1. COMMON LAW (CIVIL) Barbados Bermuda Connecticut Dominica Georgia Jamaica Years TA R D T A R D TA R D TA R D TA R D TA R D 1696-1710 5 121 3- 2 - 11-- 1710-20 13 47- 1-1- 1720-30 11--1-1-1-1- 3--- 1730-40 633- 2 - - - 2-11 1740-50 11-- 1--1 11131 1750-60 3i- - 2--- 2-1-14328 1760-70 1-1- 7421 1770-83 2-1- 1-1- 9422 Totals 32 11 14 1 4-3- 7111 I- I - 2-1- 47 12 11 13 Lower Counties Leeward on the New New Islands Delaware Maryland Massachusetts Hampshire Jersey Years TA R D T A R D TA R D TA R D TA R D T A R D 1696-1710 4--2 I--- 6131 211- 1-1- 1710—20 3 — 3 — 2 — 1- 1720-30 7132 I-I- 1--1 1730-40 9242 311116552 1740-50 721- 11-- 1750-60 21-- 3-I-4-3- 1760-70 41-2 3-112-I--1770-83 52-- 2--- 2-II I--- I--- Totals 419118 2--- 7132 338115 915- 2-1-