Series 27472
District Court (Second District) Criminal docket

Dates: 1874-1895.

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

Historical Note

An agency history is available.

Scope and Content

The criminal docket books in this series provide information about cases heard by the court. Information includes the case number, names of parties, nature of crime, information about pleadings, and notes on the outcome.

Arrangement

Chronological by date.

Research Note

The docket lists in Book 1 includes information about those involved in the Mountain Meadows massacre (case 31 on page 14).

Related Records

Criminal case files from the District Court (Second District), Series 24291, contains the criminal case files cited in this series.

Criminal registers of actions from the District Court (Second District), Series 24346, may contain further information on the criminal cases cited in this series.

Criminal case index from the District Court (Second District), Series 24553, contains an index to the criminal cases cited in this series.

Custody History

These books were transferred to the State Archives from the 5th District Court in Beaver County in May 2010.

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.

Access Restrictions

This series is classified as Public.

Preferred Citation

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

Gaps in Series

Pages 29-40 were removed from the book before its transfer to the Archives.

Processing Note

This series was processed by Jim Kichas in April 2011.

Indexing Terms

Container List

REEL VOLUME DESCRIPTION
1 1 1893-1895
1 2 1892-1893

Page Last Updated October 18, 2012.