Minutes, 1666-1670.

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Minutes, 1666-1670.

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These records document the settlement of civil and criminal cases by the governor and council sitting as the Court of Assizes. The court tried appeals of lower court decisions and served as an equity court to try cases to which no specific legal provisions applied.

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