This volume is an edition in modern English of the reports of cases from the
Court of Exchequer during the reign of King Charles II, 1660-85, that have been found to date.
nature of informations in the
Court of Exchequer: even when brought to
In a sense, the
Court of Exchequer's decision reflected a modest conception of the appellate role and a healthy respect for the prerogative of the jury.
The story then returns from Jamaica, where the survivors disembarked, to London and the testimony given before
Court of Exchequer there.
Profusely footnoted by the editor, these reports provide a wealth of basic information on the seventeenth century
Court of Exchequer that will prove invaluable for historical researchers.