Colonel Otto Hamilton

From 1744- 1747 there was no navel governor appointed to Placentia.Tthis meant that the Lieutenant Governor was the highest executive in the land, and this part was filled by Colonel Otto Hamilton. He reported that there was great difficulty in enforcing the law, and even to get men to act as justice of the peace. In 1747 there was only one justice of the peace at Placentia and he refused to perform his job. Governor Rodney in 1749 ordered Captain Knight, the Captain in the Placentia Station, to appoint new justices of the peace.

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Source:
McCarthy, Michael, "A History of Plaissance and Placentia 1501-1970"