Series 26048
District Court (First District : Box Elder County) Criminal registers of actions, 1933-1986.
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
Scope and Content
Records and documents pertaining to a particular civil, criminal or probate 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 in the registers which comprise this series.
A criminal 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
Book 1 is missing and presumed lost.
These books are not indexed and there is no known index for historic criminal cases created by the court.
Arrangement
Numerical by case number, thereunder chronological by date.
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 June 2008.
Related Material
Minute books from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 3688, contains brief minute book entries for court proceedings on any given day.
Criminal case files from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 11797, contains the case files listed in these registers.
Indexing Terms
Container List
Reel | Volume | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 1933-1962 | 478-964 |
1 | 3 | 1962-1973 | 965-1463 |
2 | 4 | 1973-1980 | 1464-1954 |
2 | 5 | 1980-1986 | 1956-2454 |