Series 5077

Weber County (Utah). Justice of the Peace : Ogden Precinct


Docket books, 1880-1902.

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Schedule Description

These dockets record parties, judge, dates, and actions, for cases heard in the Ogden City Precinct. Most cases involve the city as plaintiff for violations of ordinances with counts such as petit larceny, disturbing the peace, drunkenness, keeping a house of ill fame, vagrancy, etc. Other cases involve the territory/state as plaintiff in counts of delinquent taxes, robbery, assault, furnishing liquor to Indians, housebreaking, etc. Finally there are civil cases between individuals or companies primarily pertaining to debt.

Scope and Content

These dockets record parties, judge, dates, and actions, for cases heard in the Ogden City Precinct (Weber County Court). Most cases involve the city as plaintiff for violations of ordinances with counts such as petit larceny, disturbing the peace, drunkenness, keeping a house of ill fame, vagrancy, etc. Other cases involve the territory/state as plaintiff in counts of delinquent taxes, robbery, assault, furnishing liquor to Indians, and housebreaking. Finally there are civil cases between individuals or companies primarily pertaining to debt.

Notes

Individual volumes are chronological by initial filing date. Separate dockets were apparently assigned to an individual judge or judges.