On 6 January 1470 he was granted Oyer and terminer over Wales. The commission of oyer and terminer, was a general commission to hear and decide cases. Also in July, he was commissioner for oyer and terminer for the Midland circuit. During the next few years Maltravers was employed on commissions of "oyer and terminer". These include Roscoe C. Patterson, Roscoe Conkling Oyer, Roscoe Conkling Bruce, and Roscoe C. McCulloch. Oyer G. Leary was elected the first mayor. In April 1685, he was appointed Judge of the Court of Oyer and Terminer. Oyer helped organized the township's government. According to Oyer, their implicit theology is practical, not theoretical. Danforth did not sit on the Court of Oyer and Terminer.