prolific source of appeals, 161, 165, 246, 
270. 335. 659 
public credit, crown control of, 602-3 
public opinion on bill sanctioning instructions, 
600 [394] 
right of appeal 
denied, 147 [84], 150-51, 161, 162 
opinion of Board of Trade, 141 
royal commission of 1664, 56, 123 
vice-admiralty appeals, 186-87 
see also Chartered colonies; New England 
Rice, Nicholas, 582 
Richards, John, Mohegan guardian, 430 [76] 
Richardson, Zacharia, 629, 630 
Richier, Isaac, Governor of Bermuda, 105 
[185], 108 [209], 112 [231], 129 [361] 
Rights of English subjects, 42, 47 [302], 57, 
75, 83, 116, 126, 144 [62], 163 [185], 165, 
172, 209, 211, 238, 243 [144], 374 [104], 
393. 4 0I > 4°4. 405. 411. 478 [39]. 482, 483 
[68], 484, 485, 522 [231], 530, 543 [94], 
548 [119], 554 [156], 566, 574 [284], 
580, 600 [394], 609 [445], 646, 648 
Robin, Rowland, jurat of Jersey, 282 [71] 
Robinson, Matthew, 374 [104] 
Robinson, Robert, counsel 
on appeals from general verdicts, 355 [16] 
on efficacy of Conn. & Mass, intestacy acts, 
539 
Robinson, Sir Thomas, 375 [109] 
Robinson, William, Commissary of Virginia 
on grounds for dismissal of Camm's appeal, 
622 [525] 
on state of tobacco crop, 610 [455] 
Rogers, James, general sergeant of R. 1., 124 
Rogers, John, 149 [93] 
Rogers, Samuel, 149 [94] 
Rolfe, John, proctor in admiralty, 194 [347] 
Roman Catholics, legal status of, 493-95 
Rome, appeals to, 47 [301] 
Rose, Thomas, 149 [94] 
Rouse, William, 639 [579] 
Royal African Company, 127, 128, 382 
Royal colonies, 77, 78-88, 138 
colonial legislation regulating appeals, 251- 
61 
legal status of, 417 
opposition to conciliar appellate jurisdiction, 
151-160 
see also names of particular colonies 
Royal commissions, see Commissions, royal 
Royal Courts, see Channel Islands, Courts 
Rumford (New Hampshire), 234 
Rushout, Sir John, 375 [109] 
Russell, James, Massachusetts judge, 583 [304] 
Russell, Colonel James, Governor of Nevis, 69 
Rutledge, John, Attorney General of South 
Carolina 
on intracolonial appeals, 245-46, 387-89, 
390 
Ryder, Dudley, Attorney and Solicitor General 
employed as counsel, 294, 384, 448, 564 
[225], 575 [288] 
on colonial use of writ of error, 384-85 
on Elizabeth purchase controversy, 369 
on legal effect of governors' instructions id 
Pa., 604 
on Mass, act of pardon and indemnity, 633 
[563] 
on New Jersey act for pardoning rioters, 633 
on precedential effect of Orders in Council, 
481 
on revision of governors' instructions, 384 
on scope of vice-admiralty jurisdiction, 517 
on settlement of Mass.-N.H. boundary, 445 
on use of special verdict, 369-70 
revision of draft act on vice-admiralty appeals, 
189 
Ryder, Dudley, Chief Justice of King's Bench, 
324 
Ryswick, Treaty of, 277 [34] 
Sabeere, Ann, 560 
Sabeere, Daniel, 560 
Sabeere, John, 560-61 
Sadler, John, Master of Requests, 39 [252], 
40 [254] 
St. Albans, Earl of, Governor of Jersey, 64 
[413] 
St. Christopher, 203 [381], 204 
acquired by England, 277 [34] 
act of 1711 for regulating appeals, 257 
act of 1724 for regulating appeals, 257-58 
act of 1724 requiring special verdicts, 362 
admiralty jurisdiction, 88 
appeals regulations 
colonial acts, 257-58 
instructions, 233 [90], 257, 258 
courts 
Court of Errors, 233 [90] 
Governor and Council, 257 
King's Bench and Common Pleas, 226 
[59], 233 [90] 
Ordinary, 314 [280] 
extension of English law to, 469 
governor's instructions, 233 [90], 258 
intracolonial appeals regulations, 257-58 
Statute of Limitations extended to, 277 [34] 
see also Leeward Islands 
St. Eustatius, 190 [319] 
St. Lucia, 167, 168, 420 [n] 
St. Vincent, 167-68, 234 [94], 420 [n]