Series 24346

District Court (Second District) Criminal registers of actions, 1888-1897.

0.50 cubic foot and 2 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

These books document filings and actions taken in criminal cases in the Territorial Second District Court, seated in Beaver County.

Scope and Content

Records and documents pertaining to a criminal action are filed together by the court clerk and collectively these documents constitute the case file. As these records or actions are filed, the clerk enters them into the registers which comprise this series.
A register of actions may contain the following entries for each case: name of the attorney for plaintiff and defendant, name of the judge presiding over the case, petitions, complaints, summons, answers to summons, orders from the court, assignment of judges, exhibits, judgment, findings and conclusions, costs, decrees, requests by attorneys for instructions to the jury, verdict, motions for cross complaints or new trials, amendments to previous answers, disclaimers, bonds, and inventories.

Research Note

The location of volume 1 is unknown.
This series provides the researcher with a comprehensive list of actions related to a specific case. The second volume was used briefly into statehood when Beaver County was reassigned into the Fifth Judicial District.

Arrangement

Numerical by case number.

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.

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.

Acquisition Information

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

Processing Information

This series was archivally processed by Jim Kichas and Emily Gurr in May 2008 as part of a NHPRC grant project designed to preserve the historic records of Utah's Fifth District Courts.

Other Finding Aids

Indexes: An alphabetical surname index is included in the front of each register.

Related Material

Minute books from the District Court (Second District), Series 5319, contins brief minute book entries for court proceedings on any given day.
Final case records from the District Court (Second District), Series 24071, documents findings of cases heard by the grand jury in the Territorial Second District Court.
Criminal case files from the District Court (Second District), Series 24291, contains the case files listed in this register.
Criminal case index from the District Court (Second District), Series 24553, provides the case number and the corresponding page number in the register of actions for criminal cases heard in the Territorial Second District Court.
Criminal docket from the District Court (Second District), Series 27472, may contain further information on the criminal cases cited in this series.

Indexing Terms

Container List

ReelDescription
1 Book 2; 1888-1893
2 Book 3; 1893-1897
BoxDescription
1 Book 2; 1888-1893