However, in the admiralty court, murder was almost always considered the more serious charge.
He was appointed judge of the admiralty court in 1755.
He was admitted into the college of advocates on 3 November 1830, and reported in the admiralty court.
He became Lieutenant-governor, and later a judge in the local vice admiralty court.
He also brought forward the question whether the chief justice had forfeited his office by acting as judge of the admiralty court.
On 26 November 1853 he was appointed registrar of the admiralty court.
The case will be heard in admiralty court since the accident took place on navigable waters.
In 1920, he was named to the Admiralty Court.
When these judges sat, it became convenient to call the sitting the "Admiralty Court".
American and British admiralty courts routinely cite each other's rulings.