Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . of the judges always was commissioned as chief from the judgments of this court lay to the Privy Coun-cil of England. During the period of its early history the dig-nity and character of the Provincial court were sustained withdifficulty. Its members were chosen for terms of not more thanthree years; the duties were arduous, necessitating all the incon-veniences incident to traAel through unsettled localities and in-different entertainment at places where terms of court were re-quired to be held; and, above al
Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . of the judges always was commissioned as chief from the judgments of this court lay to the Privy Coun-cil of England. During the period of its early history the dig-nity and character of the Provincial court were sustained withdifficulty. Its members were chosen for terms of not more thanthree years; the duties were arduous, necessitating all the incon-veniences incident to traAel through unsettled localities and in-different entertainment at places where terms of court were re-quired to be held; and, above all, the compensation was inade-quate to service rendered. As a consequence the records werepoorly kept, and many of the proceedings are not preserved. ^In this connection it is interesting to treason, murder, manslaughter, sodomy, note that under the act of May 31, 1718, rape, robbery, mayhem, arson, burglary, the following offenses were made punish- witchcraft, and concealment of birth of an able with death: Treason, mis-prision of illegitimate child. 108. George Sharswo^d Member State Legislature 1837-1838 and 184J-184^; judge District Court 1845: presidentDistrict Court 1848-186;; justice SupremeCourt of Pennsylvania 1867; and chief justice1878-1882; author several standard legal pub-lications The Judicial System However, the court was maintained as a ])an of tlie judicial s\s-tem until the reorganization act of lyjj, when it passed out ofexistence and was replaced with the Supreme court. The Supreme court of Pennsylvania, the ultimate trihunal ofthe State, is the direct outgrowth of the T?rovincial court andhad its inception in the still older Irovincial Council. On MaA-22. 1722. the colonial assemhly passed an act for estahlishino-courts of judicature, wherein it was other there shall be holden and kept at Philadelphia. etc., acourt of record styled 11ic Supreme Court of Pennsylvania,comprising three persons of known integrity and ability, com-mis
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