[471] See Vol. III. ch. x.
[472] He remained in the debtors’ prison in New York until his accession to the earldom of Clarendon furnished the means for his release.
[473] A court of equity had been erected in the Supreme Court of New York by an ordinance of Gov. Cosby, in 1733.
[474] From Zenger’s narrative of his trial.
[475] Hist. Mag., xiv. 49.
[476] Cf. Bancroft, final revision, ii. 254.
[477] The chief justice’s commission was made for “during good behavior” in Sept., 1744, so as to conform with the practice in New Jersey.
[478] He came to New York in 1703 as secretary of the province, and was connected by marriage with the royal house of Stuart. He returned to England in 1745, and died in 1759.
[479] See ch. viii.
[480] [Cf. Vol. III. p. 495.—Ed.]