Series 26958

District Court (Second District : Weber County) Criminal registers of action, 1896-1987.

15.00 cubic feet and 30 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

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.

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.

Arrangement

Numerical by case number.

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.
This series is available online as part of the Utah State Archives Digital Archives.

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 in October 2008.

Other Finding Aids

Indexes: An alphabetical index is located at the beginning of register books 8 through 30.

Related Material

Minutes from the District Court (Second District : Weber County), Series 1407, contains brief minute book entries for court proceedings on any given day.
Information and indictment record books from the District Court (Second District : Weber County), Series 1588, document individual actions taken in the criminal cases heard by this court.
Criminal case files from the District Court (Second District : Weber County), Series 6954, contains the entire case file listed in these registers.
Criminal case indexes from the District Court (Second District : Weber County), Series 17463, contains indexes that can be used to access these registers between 1896 and 1947.

Container List

ReelVolumeDateDescription
111896-19091-640
221909-1919641-1278
331919-19231279-1916
441923-19261917-2546
551926-19302547-3160
661930-19383161-3810
771938-19473811-4450
881946-19514449-5100
991951-19565101-5752
10101956-19595753-6400
11111959-19626401-7048
12121962-19647049-7720
13131964-19667719-8268
14141966-19688270-8915
15151968-19708916-9563
16161970-19729564-10211
17171972-197410212-10859
18181974-197510860-11507
19191975-197611508-12057
20201976-197712058-12607
21211977-197912608-13157
22221979-198013158-13707
23231980-198113708-14257
24241981-198214258-14901
25251982-198314902-15541
26261983-198415542-16181
27271984-198516182-16823
28281985-198616824-17470
29291986-198717471-18110
30301987-198818111-18634