in East India, 171 
in England allowed only as special grace, 215, 
243. 297 
in Guernsey, 33 
in misdemeanor cases, 84, 87, in, 215, 
306-8 
in seizures under Navigation Acts, 93-95, 
255,308-9,349 [5023,356-57 
instructions to permit, 84, 412 
in treason and felony cases, 241-43 
political aspects of, 108 
procedure, 107-8 
made per saltum, 308 
new evidence admissible, 297, 308-9, 663 
record of proceedings below, 297, 306- 
7 
reference to crown law officers, 302 
reference to colonial governors, 107-8 
writ of error practice not followed, 111- 
12, 297, 306 
regulation 
appealable amounts of fines, 84, 225 [59], 
240 
civil rules applied, 95, 240 
territorial limitations, 84, 87, 240 
see also tinder names of particular colonies 
Criminal trials 
removal of, 243 [144] 
Cromwell, Oliver, Lord Protector, 40 
Cromwell, Richard, Lord Protector, 40 
Crosby, Joshua, 272 [132] 
Cross-appeals, see Appeal to Privy Council, 
procedure: cross-appeals 
Crowe, Mitford, Governor of Barbados, 205 
[396], 223 [51], 272 [2] 
complaints against, 347, 348 
Crown law officers 
consulted by Board of Trade, 139, 144, 145, 
178, 232 [88] 
consulted by Committee of the Whole, 369 
consulted by Privy Council, 18, 73, 101-2, 
137, 140 [45], 163,594,647 
draft N.Y.-N.J. boundary commission, 459 
employed as counsel, 294 
functions, 312 [268] 
review of colonial legislation, 504, 585 
["9] 
shifting personnel, 663 
tradition on nullification of colonial acts, 
524, 628-29, 631 
see also Attorney General; Solicitor General; 
and names of particular officers 
Culpeper, Thomas, Governor of Virginia, 83 
[69], 209 
instructions to, 79 
Culpepper, Lord, 38 [249] 
Cunningham, Waddel, 390, 391, 406, 408 
Cushing, John, Justice of Mass. Superior Court, 
333-34, 58 [304] 
Cust, Savile, 233 [go] 
Custom, legal effect of, 561, 565 
Customs, Lords Commissioners of, 130 [368], 
139, 183 [288], 198 [367, 369], 532, 533 
Customs, Lords Commissioners of 
consulted by Privy Council, 73, 349 
Customs, Solicitor of the 
prosecution of appeals by, 349 [504] 
Customs, Surveyor General of, see Dunbar, 
David; Keith, Sir William 
Cutt, John, President of the New Hampshire 
Council, 118 [279] 
commission, 81, 115 
Da Costa, Fernando, 187 [307] 
Dale, Dr. Valentine, 12 [68], 23 [133] 
Dalrymple, General Campbell, 497 
Damages 
award of on appeal, 114-15, 320-21 
mitigation of, 391 
Danby, Earl of, Governor of Guernsey 
referee in Channel Islands matters, 30 [185, 
186, 190], 31 [193, 195] 
Dand, John, 45 [291] 
Daniell, Thomas, shipmaster, 94 
Darnall, Serjeant John, 148 [86] 
Dartmouth, Lord, Secretary of State, 185, 242 
Davenant, Dr. Charles 
possible originator of Board of Trade, 134 
[15] 
Dawson, Rev. Thomas, commissary in Virginia 
on passage of act for regulating ministers' 
salaries, 608 [443] 
Dawson, William, Virginia judge, 371 [90] 
Dean, John, 73 [13] 
Deane, Thomas, 57 
Declaration of Independence, 652 
Declaratory Act, see Acts of Parliament, Statute 
6 Geo. 111, c. 12 (1766) 
De Donis, Statute, see Acts of Parliament, 
Statute 13 Edw. I, St. 1, c. 1 (1285) 
De Grey, William, Attorney and Solicitor General 

employed as counsel, 294, 438 [131], 623 
[524] 
illness delays hearing of Mohegan appeal, 
438 
on admittance of appeals per saltum, 226 
[59] 
on civil government of Quebec, 494 [115] 
on interpretation of instructions of 1753, 
409-10, 411, 414 
on interpretation of Virginia act on slaves, 
505-6 
on legislative power in Mass., 633 [563]