District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County) Criminal case files (sealed and expunged), 1896-[ongoing]

5.00 cubic feet

These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Historical Note

See history of the records' creator.

Summary of Records

Indictments, subpoenas, verdicts, warrants, returns of warrants, informational papers, affidavits, affidavits of impecuniosity [inability to pay for counsel, thus enabling court appointment], court orders, judgments, warrants of execution and confinement, warrants of death, notices of appeal, demurrers [claim of insufficient grounds to justify legal action], answers to demurrers, complaints, orders to show cause, compiled by the County Clerk to constitute sealed or expunged criminal case files. but rarely transcripts of testimony.

Scope and Content

Indictments, subpoenas, verdicts, warrants, returns of warrants, informational papers, affidavits, affidavits of impecuniosity [inability to pay for counsel, thus enabling court appointment], court orders, judgments, warrants of execution and confinement, warrants of death, notices of appeal, demurrers [claim of insufficient grounds to justify legal action], answers to demurrers, complaints, orders to show cause, compiled by the County Clerk to constitute sealed or expunged criminal case files.but rarely transcripts of testimony.

Arrangement

Numerical by case number.

Access Restrictions

This series is classified as Private.

Use Restrictions

These records are available for reproduction and use.

Preferred Citation

Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

Acquisition Information

These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.

Processing Information

PROCESSING NOTE: This series was microfilmed in December of 1993 by the Utah State Archives. Those cases sealed by the court were pulled at that time from series #1471, CRIMINAL CASE FILES, to become this series. This series was processed by Kenneth R. Williams in January of 1994.

Other Finding Aids

Indexes: An index to criminal cases from 1896-1915 is available in series #1471 CRIMINAL CASE FILES. Series #13126, CRIMINAL CASE FILES INDEX, indexes cases from 1916-1975.

Related Material

Criminal case files from the District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County), Series 1471, contain those cases not sealed by the court and an index to these cases covering 1896-1915.

Minute books from the District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County), Series 1650, include summaries of some of these criminal cases.

Criminal registers of actions from the District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County), Series 3253, function as a chronological list of documents filed and fees paid which relate to these case files.

Criminal case transcripts from the District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County), Series 3291, contain the court transcripts for each case.

Judgment case files from the District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County), Series 3568, contain a duplicate copy of the final judgment in each case.

Criminal case docket book from the District Court (Third District), Series 3834, list the plaintiff and defendant, appellate decisions, where the judgment was entered in the corresponding judgment book, and satisfactions of judgment for each case.

Criminal case index from the District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County), Series 13126, indexes these cases from 1916-1975.

Criminal case files (sealed and expunged) from the District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County), Series 12376, summarize the proceedings and final judgment of the action taken in criminal cases.

Indexing Terms

Crime--Utah--Salt Lake County.

Criminals--Utah--Salt Lake County.

Container List

Box	Description
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