District Court (Third District) Territorial criminal case files, 1882-1896.

10.00 cubic feet and 16 microfilm reels

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

Historical Note

See history of the records' creator.

Summary of Records

Case files act as documentation that tracks criminal cases as they proceed through the court system and subsequently become the official files in reference to individual cases. The records usually contain the following information: case number, defendants name, filing date, charges, names of witnesses, and court actions taken. These records may also contain information about the counsel for defendant, names of jurors, verdicts, statements of witnesses, and judgments.

Scope and Content

Case files act as documentation that tracks criminal cases as they proceed through the court system and subsequently become the official files in reference to individual cases. The records usually contain the following information: case number, defendants name, filing date, charges, names of witnesses, and court actions taken. These records may also contain information about the counsel for defendant, names of jurors, verdicts, statements of witnesses, and judgments. Some case files may include these documents: petitions to the court, transcripts, warrants of execution and confinement, warrants of death, notices of appeal, complaints, orders to show cause, court orders to the jury or defendant, and trial evidence. Documents such as warrants, subpoenas, and affidavits may also be included.

The vast majority of these cases involving polygamy and related charges have been removed at some time in the past and are no longer a part of this series. The National Archives, Denver Branch, hascopies of these cases. The cases may have originated in any of the counties in the territory with the majority of the cases originating in the counties that made up the 3rd District: Salt Lake, Tooele, Summit, and Davis.

Research Note

Random cases are missing throughout the series with large gaps between case numbers 1385-1399.

Arrangement

Numerical by case number.

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.

Copies of these records are located at Ancestry.com View Online.

Access Restrictions

This series is classified as Public.

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.

Custody History

This series was maintained for the court by the Salt Lake County Clerk and periodic transfers to the Archives began in 1961.

Acquisition Information

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

Processing Information

In 1983 the court assigned a series retention of permanent, retain for 9 years before microfilming and destroying. This retention was modified in 1991 by the Clerk of the Court to: film the territorial records and not destroy. This series was microfilmed in June of 1994 and processed by Gregory Lepore and Kenneth R. Williams in March of 1994.

Other Finding Aids

Indexes: An index to surnames is available. View index.

Related Material

Criminal case files from the District Court (Third District : Salt Lake County), Series 1471, contain the criminal case files filed in Salt Lake County after this series.

Grand jury minute books from the District Court (Third District), Series 1635, record indictments presented to the court for public offenses committed or triable within the Third Judicial District, initiating the criminal action documented by the case files

Territorial minute books from the District Court (Third District), Series 1649, record further information on criminal cases.

Criminal case docket book from the District Court (Third District), Series 3834, lists other facts about some of these cases.

Case files from the District Court (Third District), Series 9802, criminal cases were filed in series 9802 prior to 1882.

Criminal registers of actions from the District Court (Third District), Series 22664, record a chronological list of files in these cases.

Indexing Terms

Post-conviction remedies--Utah.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Utah.

Utah--Actions and defenses--Cases.

Utah--Criminal courts.

Container List

Reel	Box	Folder	Date	Description
1	1	1	1882	1-5
1	1	2	1882	6-9
1	1	3	1882	10-12
1	1	4	1882	13-17
1	1	5	1883	18-25
1	1	6	1883	26-29
1	1	7	1883	30-33
1	1	8	1883	34-36
1	1	9	1883	37-40
1	1	10	1883	43-46
1	1	11	1883	47-49
1	1	12	1883	50
1	1	13	1883	51-53
1	1	14	1883	54-56
1	1	15	1883	57-59
1	1	16	1883	60-62
1	1	17	1883	63-65
1	1	18	1883	66-68
1	1	19	1883	69-71
1	1	20	1883	72-75
1	1	21	1883	76-77
2	1	22	1883	78-81
2	1	23	1884	83-86
2	1	24	1884	87-89
2	1	25	1884	90-93
2	1	26	1884	94-96
2	1	27	1884	97-99
2	1	28	1884	100-101
2	1	29	1884	104-106
2	1	30	1884	107-110
2	1	31	1884	111-113
2	1	32	1884	114-118
2	1	33	1884	119-128
2	1	34	1884	129-131
2	1	35	1884	132-134
2	1	36	1884	135-137
2	1	37	1884	138-139
2	1	38	1884	140-142
2	1	39	1884	143-145
16	None	None	1896	146-285
2	2	1	1885	279-290
2	2	2	1885	291-296
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3	2	21	1886	371-373
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3	2	25	1887	383-385
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3	2	29	1887	394-396
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3	2	33	1887	408
3	2	34	1887	409
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3	2	36	1887	412-414
3	2	37	1887	415-416
4	2	38	1887	417
4	2	39	1887	418
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9	5	10	1891	813-814
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9	5	14	1891	821-823
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9	5	31	1892	871-873
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10	5	33	1892	881
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