1. L. Fraser. History of Trinidad. Government Printing Office, Trinidad, 1896, Vol. 2, p. 3 “According to Spanish Law a Royal Audiencia was a College of Advocates composed and governed according to fixed rules, for example the Audiencia of Caracas which was created in 1783, consisted of a Dean (Decano Regente), 3 Oidors (Judges) 2 Fiscals, an Escribano or Registrar, a Relator or Remembrancer, whose duty it was to keep the Court fully informed of everything connected with the causes before it, and an Escribano de Camera or Judge's clerk.”