Pennsylvania (Continued) Phips, Sir William, Governor of Massachusetts, 
coffee house in London, 277 [32] no [223] 
courts Phips, Sir William, Governor of Massachusetts 
Common Pleas, 226 [60], 309 commission, 91 [97] 
Court of Oyer and Terminer, 243 Pierpont, Jacob, 643 
Supreme Court, 226 [60], 244, 250, 261; Pine, Dr. Tertullian, royal commissioner, ordisee 
also Allen, William nances, 14, 17 [91], 270 
Vice-Admiralty, 178, 532; see also Quary, Pinfold, Dr. Charles, on prerogative of allow- 
Robert ing appeals, 429 [70] 
criminal appeals, 243-44 Pinfold, Dr. Charles, Governor of Barbados, 
enforcement of Navigation Acts in, 178-80 191, 293 [138] 
extension of acts of Parliament to, 521, 589 Pipon, Joshua, jurat of Jersey, 282 [71] 
Governor, see Fletcher, Benjamin; Gookin, Piracy, 73 [13], 146, 147, 194 
Charles; Gordon, Patrick; Hamilton, Pitkin, William, Governor of Connecticut, 652 
James; Keith, Sir William; Markham, Place, Captain Seth, 201 
William Plantation coffee houses in London, 277 
governors' instructions, 233 [89], 250, 604, Plymouth colony, 449 
605 [422] Plymouth Company, 165 [193] 
governors' instructions, legal effect of, 230 Popham, John, Chief Justice of Queen's Bench, 
[77] I 2 [7o] 
intracolonial appeals regulations, 226 [60], Popple, William, 144 [60] 
233 189] Popple, William, Governor of Bermuda quesjudicial 
practice: recovery used to bar en- tions validity of instructions, 258 [2501,233 
tails, 512 Porter, John, 56, 57 
legislative divorce in, 585 Portland, Duke of, Governor of Jamaica, 478 
Lower Counties on the Delaware, see Dela- Portmore, Lord, 323 
ware Powle, Sir Henry, Master of the Rolls, 128 
partible inheritance in, 567 [240] Pownall, Thomas, Governor of Massachusetts, 
proprietor, 532; see also Penn, Thomas; 2 3 2 [88] 
Penn, William declines government of Pa., 606 [431] 
Quary's charges, 148, 180 on appellate system, 208 
right of appeal denied, 148 [91] on Council's suitability as appellate court, 
special verdict believed necessary for ap- 20 ° 
peal, 363 on legal effect of commissions and instrucvice-admiralty 
appeals, 171-81, 249, 265 tions, 526 
see also proprietary colonies on ri S ht oi appeal, i fi 3 
Penny Cook, Proprietors of, 234 [97], 449 Pownall, Thomas, Lieut.-Governor of New 
Penrice, Sir Henry, judge of Court of Admiralty, Jersey, 458 [249] 
j!4 Powys, Sir Thomas, 
Pequot Indians, 422 on jurisdiction of King's Bench in Barbados, 
Peres de Tavora, Alvaro, 95 47 1_ 7 2 
Perryn, Richard, counsel, 294 Poyer, Rev. Thomas, 221-22 
Petition and appeal, see Appeal to Privy Coun- Poynings' Law, 469 [10] 
cil: procedure Pratt, Charles, Attorney General 
Petition for leave to appeal, 38, 100, 101-2, 103, employed as counsel, 294, 456 [238] 
119, 129, 152-53, 158, 160, 171-72, 181, on extension of Navigation Act to Guade-225, 
226, 279, 280, 281, 302-3, 330, 408, loupe, 499 
515, 544-45, 572 [274], 574, 575, 576 on commitment of Smith and Moore, 648 
[291]; see also Doleance on interpretation of Virginia act, 505 
Petitions in the nature of appeals, 66, 68 on legislative power in Va., 613-14 
Petition of appeal, see Appeal to Privy Coun- on Mass, legislative divorces, 584 
cil: procedure on nullification of colonial legislation, 628 
Pettit, John, 493 [106] on right of appeal in Mass., 165 
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), regional vice- procrastination of, 648 [620] 
admiralty court, I9r; see also Ingersoll, Jared Precedent, colonial use of, 464, 465 [2] 
Philips, Gillam, 562-64 Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 29 [183], 
Philips, John, Jr., 639 [579] 295 [152 J