Criminal Records

This research guide attempts to identify criminal records currently in the holdings of the Utah State Archives which can be accessed through the Utah History Research Center.  A wide variety of government agencies have been responsible for creating criminal records over time.  Among the more prominent in the Archives collection are records from an assortment of courts (both Territorial and Statehood), records from numerous Justice’s of the Peace throughout Utah, records from local police agencies in the State, Governor’s records and documents from the Secretary of State/Lieutenant Governor’s Office, and some records from the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole as well as the Utah Department of Corrections.

Researchers can utilize this guide as a quick help in identifying records by common research topics.  Among these are prisoner photographs and mug shot books in Archives custody, records related to the death penalty and executions performed in Utah, inquest records from around the state, and extradition records about criminals both in and out of Utah.

Within this research guide an attempt has also been made to identify and list records related to individual criminals and criminal cases of historical significance in Utah’s history.  Among the most prominent are court records related to Butch Cassidy, an assortment of records concerning Joe Hill, a collection of court material relating to the Mountain Meadows Massacre, and a range of items associated with the prosecution of polygamy in both the Territory and the State.

The following guide lists criminal records from various agencies by either creating agency or research topic.  These records are accessible from Utah State Archives holdings through the Utah History Research Center.

Agency	Title	Series
ATTORNEY GENERAL RECORDS
	Criminal actions registers, 1896-1899	Series 134
	District attorney criminal case reports, 1900, 1913	Series 3591
BOARD OF PARDONS RECORDS
	Board of Pardons meeting agenda, 1905-1907	Series 160
	Criminal history case files, 1960-	Series 80134
	Hearings tapes, 1982-	Series 14829
	Minutes, 1896-	Series 332
	Prisoners Pardon Application Files, 1892-1949	Series 328
	Schedule of proceedings, 1896-1918	Series 330
COURT RECORDS
Attorney for the Territory
Territorial Attorney	Criminal register of actions, 1889-1891	Series 22678
Circuit Courts (1978-1996)
Circuit Court (First)	Criminal registers of actions, 1978-	Series 20697
Circuit Court (Seventh)	Registers of actions, 1978-1985	Series 22967
City Courts
Logan. Municipal Court	Criminal index, undated	Series 7719
	Criminal registers of actions, 1919-1980	Series 5386
	Judgment docket books, 1919-1939	Series 5391
	Minute books, 1921-1942	Series 5390
Provo. City Court	Criminal registers of actions, 1919-1922; 1929-1937	Series 83989
	Judgment docket book, 1933-1955	Series 84058
	Judgment roll, 1923-1927	Series 9581
	Minutes, 1924-1927	Series 83988
Salt Lake City. City Court	Criminal case docket books, 1909-1958	Series 4860
	Criminal case minute books, 1902-1958	Series 5364
	Criminal and civil sampled case files, 1916-1957	Series 1620
	Transcripts, 1924-1955	Series 3258
Territorial Courts (1850-1895)
District Court (1st District)	Case files, 1851-1856; 1865	Series 25011
	Civil and criminal case blotters, 1890-1891	Series 7571
	Criminal case administrative records, 1881-1896	Series 1520
	Grand jury dockets, 1883-1886	Series 1526
	Grand jury minutes, 1886-1893	Series 1525
	Grand jury reports, 1895-1896	Series 1527
	Minute books, 1851-1896	Series 10035
	North division criminal case files, 1878-1891	Series 1529
	Plaintiff index, 1878-1890	Series 21018
	South Division Criminal Case Files, 1875-1895	Series 1521
District Court (2nd District)	Criminal case index, 1889-1892	Series 24553
	Criminal information record book, 1898-1926	Series 25022
	Criminal registers of action, 1886-1897	Series 24346
	Final case records, 1888-1889	Series 24071
	General indexes, 1852-1896	Series 24247
	Judgment index, 1890-1896	Series 24554
	Judgement Record, 1888-1895	Series 24129
	Minute books, 1852-1896	Series 5319
District Court (3rd District)	Attorney’s roll book, 1895	Series 3811
	Case file index, 1871-1896	Series 3243
	Case files, 1851-1896	Series 9802
	Civil and criminal registers of action, 1870-1871	Series 20011
	Correspondence, 1878	Series 17149
	Criminal case docket book, 1890	Series 3834
	Criminal registers of action, 1882-1896	Series 22664
	Grand jury minute books, 1878-1896	Series 1635
	Salt Lake County docket book, 1897-1900	Series 4576
	Territorial criminal case files, 1882-1896	Series 6836
	Territorial Minute Books, 1858-1896	Series 1649
	US Commissioner criminal case record book, 1890-1895	Series 3928
	US Commissioner criminal case docket book, 1889-1895	Series 4662
	U.S. Commissioner W.C. Jennings civil and criminal docket book, 1894-1895	Series 4878
	U.S. Commissioner Harmel Pratt’s criminal docket book, 1889-1892	Series 4879
District Court (4th District)	Civil and criminal registers of action, 1878-1896	Series 17825
	Criminal case files, 1889-1895	Series 1629
	Criminal registers of action, 1889-1895	Series 17462
	Grand jury reports, 1892-1894	Series 1630
	Judgment index, 1878-1892	Series 24808
	Minute Books, 1878-1896	Series 5062
	Plaintiff’s Index, 1880-ca. 1895	Series 1666
	U.S. Commissioner A.C. Bishop’s Weber county criminal docket book, 1891-1893	Series 5069
	U.S. Commissioner M.A. Breeden’s Weber county docket book, 1892	Series 24058
	U.S. Commissioner Cache County docket books, 1887-1898	Series 3671
	U.S. Commissioner Valentine Gideon’s Weber county docket books, 1893-1895	Series 24057
	U.S. Commissioner B. Ternes’ Weber county docket book, 1892-1895	Series 24059
District Court (5th District)	Information and indictment record book, 1920-1942	Series 83336
	Judgment docket books, 1895-	Series 83443
	Juror and witness fee book, 1896-1958	Series 83338
Statehood Courts (1896-present)
District Court (1st District : Box Elder County)	Court orders, 1899-1938	Series 82944
	Criminal Case Files, 1850-	Series 11797
	Juror lists and statements of jurors, 1896-1919; 1935; 1937	Series 82955
	Minute books, 1896-	Series 3688
	Records, 1981-1987	Series 6252
District Court (1st District : Cache County)	Civil and criminal case index, 1895-1923	Series 3676
District Court (2nd District : Davis County)	Davis and Weber County case files, 1907-1909	Series 1570
	Minutes, 1896-	Series 4681
District Court (2nd District : Weber County)	Appeals to the District Court, 1903-1907	Series 21007
	Criminal case indexes, 1879-1947	Series 17463
	Exhibits, 1903-	Series 1569
	Findings of fact and conclusions of law case books, 1896-1903	Series 1586
	Grand jury reports, 1914, 1917	Series 17809
	Information and indictment record books, 1898-1963	Series 1588
	Judgment dockets index, undated	Series 1582
	Minutes, 1896-1961	Series 1407
	Probate Court index, 1851-1899	Series 21023
	Transcript of judgment Book A, undated	Series 21032
District Court (3rd District : Salt Lake County)	Abstracts of judgment books, 1889-1963	Series 1663
	Briefs and opinions records, undated	Series 17603
	Civil and criminal blotters, 1876-1917	Series 1626
	Court case indexes, 1977-1988	Series 14158
	Criminal Case Files, 1896-1969	Series 1471
	Criminal case files and registers of action index, 1916-1975	Series 13126
	Criminal registers of actions, 1896-1974	Series 3253
	Exhibits, 1899-1959, 1972	Series 5607
	Grand jury records, 1903, 1907	Series 23983
	Information and indictment record books	Series 3257
	Minute Books, 1896-1967	Series 1650
	Miscellaneous case files, 1940-1992	Series 6381
	Miscellaneous civil and criminal file registers of action, 1925-1977	Series 14157
	Monthly reports on enemy aliens, 1942-1951	Series 1659
	Notice books, 1898-1903	Series 3221
	Papers register, 1897-1900	Series 1687
District Court (4th District : Juab County)	Criminal case files, 1892-	Series 7712
	Criminal registers of actions, 1895-1985	Series 18185
	Minute books, 1896-1985	Series 1397
District Court (4th District : Utah County)	Minutes, 1896-1969	Series 19504
	Trial transcript, 1930-	Series 3589
District Court (5th : Beaver County)	Case indexes, 1896-	Series 24549
	Criminal case files, 1896-	Series 24338
	Criminal registers of actions, 1896-	Series 24378
	General indexes to action, 1896-	Series 24546
	Minute books, 1906-1949	Series 1394
District Court (5th District : Millard County)	Criminal registers of action, 1896-1982	Series 83445
	Judgment record books, 1893-1963	Series 18186
	Minute Books, 1896-1948	Series 1406
	Probate court minute books, 1854-1963	Series 83438
District Court (5th District : Washington County)	Minutes, 1896	Series 23738
	Register of actions, 1895-1899	Series 23737
District Court (6th District : Garfield County)	Orders and decrees, 1896	Series 18264
	Registers of action, 1896-1966	Series 18270
District Court (6th District : Piute County)	Civil and criminal registers of action, 1896-1953	Series 18230
	Indictment Records, 1899-1925	Series 20909
	Judgment records index, undated	Series 6107
District Court (6th District : Sanpete County)	Judgment record book, 1896-1945	Series 21849
	Minute books, 1896-1941	Series 21850
District Court (6th District : Sevier County)	Blotter, 1902-1906	Series 17547
	Criminal case files, 1943-	Series 6945
	Daily court case files, 1896-	Series 7062
	Registers of actions, 1896-1948	Series 18224
District Court (6th District : Wayne County)	Court case index, 1896-1966	Series 18226
	Criminal case files, 1896-	Series 7
	Judgment record books, 1896-1983	Series 13446
	Registers of action, 1896-1957	Series 18225
District Court (7th District : Carbon County)	Criminal case files, 1896-	Series 4031
	Criminal registers of actions, 1896-1987	Series 21842
	Judgment dockets, 1896-	Series 14179
	Minute books, 1896-1978	Series 14180
District Court (7th District : Emery County)	Criminal registers of actions, 1896-1976	Series 21843
Justice Courts
Salt Lake City. Justice Court	Jeter Clinton’s criminal docket books, 1867-1874	Series 23834
	Criminal court day books, 1890-1897	Series 4629
	Criminal docket books, 1890-1902	Series 4671
	Criminal fines and forfeiture account books, 1891-1897	Series 4630
	Forfeitures index books, 1890-1897	Series 4625
	Minute books, 1880-1889	Series 4885
	Miscellaneous offense docket books, 1890-1902	Series 12022
	Miscellaneous offenses indexes, 1891-1899	Series 4618
Probate Courts
Beaver County. Probate Court	Record books, 1856-1897	Series 14893
Box Elder County. Probate Court	Civil and criminal case files, 1856, 1873	Series 9642
	Record books, 1856-1877	Series 82970
Cedar County. Probate Court	Minutes, 1859-1862	Series 17493
Davis County. Probate Court	Minute books, 1854-1872	Series 25012
Iron County. Probate Court	Minutes, 1853-1868	Series 17477
Salt Lake County. Probate Court	Civil and Criminal Case Files, 1852-1887	Series 373
	Civil and criminal case docket books, 1852-1887	Series 3944
	Civil and criminal case minute book, 1860-1884	Series 3939
Sanpete County. Probate Court	Minutes, 1852-1896	Series 17693
Tooele County. Probate Court	Minute books, 1859-1888	Series 14650
	Records Books, 1859-1892	Series 1422
Washington County. Probate Court	Civil and criminal records books, 1859-1886	Series 3168
Weber County. Probate Court	Civil and criminal case files, 1852-1877	Series 1593
	Civil and criminal case registers of actions, 1868-1887	Series 83901
Salt Lake City Attorney
Salt Lake City. City Attorney	Attorney David M. Haigh’s docket book, 1904-1905	Series  4638
CRIMINAL PHOTOGRAPHS
Department of Corrections	Prison Commitment Registers, 1875-	Series 80388
Ogden. Police Department	Mug shots, 1902-1960	Series 83497
State Prison	Inmate identification photos, 1890-1925; 1950-1968	Series 10396
	Inmate photographs, 1940-1954	Series 10398
	Inmate and prison glass plate negatives, 1900, 1930	Series 10413
DEATH PENALTY RECORDS
State Prison	Executions records, 1854-	Series 13938
EXTRADITION RECORDS
Attorney General’s Office	Extradition records, 1971-1972	Series 169
Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice	Out of state extradition records, 1953-	Series 85236
Governor (1933-1941: Blood)	Extradition case files, 1933-1938	Series 20793
Governor (1949-1957 : Lee)	Extradition case files, 1949, 1953	Series 23594
Governor (1957-1965 : Clyde)	Extradition records, 1956-1964	Series 194
Governor (1965-1977 : Rampton)	Extradition case files, 1963-1976	Series 1599
Governor (1976-1985 : Matheson)	Extradition case files, 1967-1985	Series 1547
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE RECORDS
Beaver County. Justice of the Peace	Justice court docket, 1881-1894; 1897-1903	Series 24073
Bingham Canyon City	Justice of the Peace criminal dockets, 1912-1915, 1927-1929, 1938-1951, 1955-1956	Series 4589
Cache County. Justice of the Peace : Logan Precinct	Combined civil and criminal docket book, 1914-1915	Series 17941
	Complaints and summons, 1917-1919	Series 5388
	Criminal case docket books, 1894-1919	Series 5379
	Docket books, 1890-1910	Series 3685
Clearfield. Justice of the Peace	Justice docket, 1924-	Series 22331
Davis County. Justice of the Peace	Justice dockets, 1891-1913; 1916-1930	Series 22332
Farmington. Justice of the Peace	Justice dockets, 1908-1913; 1925-1929	Series 22333
Manti. Justice of the Peace	Criminal docket, 1873-1892	Series 21885
Millard County. Justice of the Peace : Abraham precinct	Docket book, 1902-1928	Series 83339
Millard County. Justice of the Peace : Delta Precinct	Docket books, 1922-1969	Series 83340
Millard County. Justice of the Peace : Fillmore Precinct	Docket books, 1901-1938	Series 83341
Millard County. Justice of the Peace : Flowell Precinct	Docket books, 1927-1941	Series 83342
Millard County. Justice of the Peace : Kanosh Precinct	Docket books, 1942-1970	Series 83344
Millard County. Justice of the Peace : Meadow Precinct	Docket book, 1940-1952	Series 83345
Millard County. Justice of the Peace : Scipio Precinct	Docket books, 1912-1942; 1961-1964	Series 83347
Park City. Justice of the Peace	Criminal case docket books, 1886-1953	Series 5369
Piute County. Justice of the Peace : Junction Precinct	Justice Docket, 1907-1932; 1949-1963	Series 19026
Piute County. Justice of the Peace : Marysvale Precinct	Justice Docket, 1920-1928; 1933-1948	Series 19027
Tooele County. Justice of the Peace	Ophir and Tooele City precinct docket book, 1876-1890	Series 23523
Utah County. Justice of the Peace	Civil and criminal docket book, 1873-1892	Series 9578
	County attorney’s criminal docket book, 1905-	Series 5036
	Criminal case dockets, 1885-1896	Series 5035
Weber County.  Justice of the Peace	Docket books, 1880-1901	Series 5077
	Judge Terme’s criminal docket books, 1896-1898	Series 5070
	Judge Wandleigh’s docket book, 1901-1903	Series 5336
	Uintah Justice Precinct docket book, 1870-1893	Series 9628
PROMINENT CRIMINAL CASES AND CRIMINAL RECORDS
Jim Bridger
District Court (1st District)	Case files, 1851-1856; 1865	Series 25011
Butch Cassidy
District Court (7th District – Carbon County)	Criminal case files, 1896-	Series 4031
Joseph Hillstrom (Joe Hill)
Board of Pardons	Prisoner Pardon Application Files, 1892-1949 Case 1776	Series 328
Department of Corrections	Prison commitment registers, 1875- Joseph Hill, #1493, pages 224 and 266. Joe Hill, #1493 and #2849, pages 224, 266, 386. Joe Hillstrom, #3256, #3473, #3283, page 360	Series 80388
District Court (3rd : Salt Lake County)	Criminal Case Files, 1896-1969 Case 3532	Series 1471
Governor (1909-1917 : Spry)	Joseph Hillstrom case records, 1915-1916	Series 6642
	Joseph Hillstrom correspondence, 1914-1916	Series 2941
	Joseph Hillstrom petitions, 1914-1916	Series 6645
Secretary of State of Utah	Public Documents, 1896-1956 1913-1914 Part I, Biennial Report of the Attorney General (#2), p. 57	Series 240
Supreme Court	Utah Reporter Volume 44, Dec. 1913-July 1914, case 2527 decided January 28,  1914, pp. 79-88	Series 1481
Japanese American Internment During WWII
Davis County. County Sheriff	Alien enemy registration forms, 1940-1945	Series 22990
Millard County. Justice of the Peace : Delta Precinct	Docket books, 1922-1969	Series 83340
Frank J. Mooremeister
Department of Registration	Moormeister license revocation, 1930-1939	Series 679
Mountain Meadows Massacre
Archives and Records Service	Territorial militia records, 1849-1877, 1905-(ca. 1917) Contains surviving records of the Utah Territorial Militia (the Nauvoo Legion), including orders, muster rolls, etc.  Information is available in this series on several participants in the Mountain Meadows Massacre.  Also records related to military court marshals can be found in this series. Territorial militia service cards, 1850-1880 (Series 6195). Includes information on people who served in the Territorial Militia, such as name, rank, unit, dates of service, and payroll information	Series 2210
District Court (2nd District)	Criminal case files, 1855-1895 Case 31 is the John D. Lee trial concerning the Mountain Meadows Massacre [Complete Case Timeline]	Series 24291
Iron County. Clerk of the Probate Court	Parowan justice court records and William Dame correspondence, 1850-1887	Series 13052
Secretary of the Territory	Territorial Executive Papers, 1850-1896| Contains official records required to be kept by the Secretary of the Utah Territory, such as pardons, appointments, etc.  Included are petitions for a pardon of John D. Lee.	Series 241
Supreme Court	Utah Reporter, 1851- This is the official publication outlet for decisions and opinions of the Utah Supreme Court. Challenge to indictment against John D. Lee, 2 Utah 441	Series 1481
District Court (3rd District : Salt Lake County)	Probate case files, 1851- Custody assignments of minor survivors of the massacre, case #61 (1859)	Series 1621
	Probate Record Books, 1852-1966 Record documenting custody assignments of minor survivors of the massacre, reel 01, page 126	Series 3372
Polygamy Records
Department of Corrections	Prison commitment registers, 1875-	Series 80388
District Court (1st District)	Grand jury minutes, 1886-1893	Series 1525
	Weber County unlawful cohabitation subpoenas and warrants, 1885-1890	Series 1577
District Court (3rd District : Salt Lake County)	Grand jury records, 1903, 1907	Series 23983
	US Commissioner criminal case record book, 1890-1895	Series 3928
State Constitutional Convention	Records, 1895	Series 3212
Supreme Court	Case files, 1870-	Series 1470
Utah Commission	Minute books, 1882-1896	Series 1126
	Reports to the Secretary of the Interior, 1882-1896	Series 85194
INQUEST RECORDS
District Court (3rd District : Salt Lake County)	Coroners’ inquest case files, 1870-1871; 1886-1937	Series 3851
District Court (7th District : Carbon County)	Inquest records, 1926-1945	Series 3640
Salt Lake City. City Court	Inquest registers, 1909-1965	Series 2245
Weber County. County Coroner	Inquests, 1874-1949	Series 5312
JUVENILE JUSTICE
Division of Juvenile Justice Services	Annual Reports, 1983-	Series 23285
	Publications, 1991-	Series 3230
POLICE RECORDS
Bingham Canyon City	Police arrest register, 1908-1917, 1932-1938	Series 4607
Cache County. County Sheriff	Commitment orders record book, 1888-1909	Series 5384
	Jail prisoner’s register, 1888-1912	Series 3699
	Publications, 2001-	Series 24532
Millard County. County Sheriff	Summons and arrest book, 1909-1926	Series 83453
Ogden. Police Department	Glass plate negatives of documents, 1911-1913	Series 4101
Park City. Public Safety	Arrests registers, 1892-1904, 1930-1942, 1962	Series 5368
Provo. Police Department	Case files, 1968-1975	Series 85234
	Commitment orders register, 1903-1908	Series 83985
	Complaint log book, 1925-1926	Series 83986
Saint George. Police Department	Incident reports, 1892-	Series 85118
Salt Lake City. City Attorney	Police court dockets, 1896-1898	Series 4628
Salt Lake City. Police Department	Arrest blotters, 1892-1893	Series 4612
	Arrest registers, 1891-1899	Series 4611
	Book of drunks index, 1891-1902	Series 4617
	Criminal record books, 1871-1878	Series 4639
	Criminal register, 1892-1897	Series 4658
	Publications, 1928-	Series 4925
Utah County. County Sheriff	Index, 1966-1968	Series 6184
Utah Highway Patrol	Arrest and warnings quarterly statistical reports, 1952-	Series 2278
	Publications, 1948-1991	Series 2280
	Reports, 1948-1950	Series 17796
Weber County. County Sheriff	Annual report, 1980-	Series 22358
SECRETARY OF STATE/LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR RECORDS
	Board of Pardons minutes, 1969-1974	Series 238
	Criminal Requisitions Registers, 1881-1949	Series 306
	Criminal Warrant Register, 1881-1895	Series 305
	Executive Record Books, 1850-1946	Series 242
	Governor’s reprieves, 1941-	Series 17584
	Pardons, 1885-1959	Series 397
	Pardons granted record books, 1880-1921	Series 329
	Territorial Executive Papers, 1850-1896	Series 241
STATE PRISON RECORDS
Department of Corrections	Prison commitment registers, 1875-	Series 80388
State Prison	Criminal physical description book, 1904-1914	Series 11886
	Prisoner received and released record book, 1889-	Series 16982
	Publications, 1957-	Series 832
	Visitors register, 1946-1952	Series 804
SUPREME COURT
	Abstracts and briefs, 1888-	Series 1489
	Case files, 1870-	Series 1470
	Civil and criminal case index, 1935-1956	Series 1455
	Civil and criminal docket books, 1973-1977	Series 1513
	Correspondence, 1931-	Series 1482
	Decision Record Books, 1861-1883	Series 1459
	Docket books, 1924-1974	Series 1460
	Grand jury book, 1888-1889	Series 11506
	Minutes, 1861; 1943-1945	Series 1458
	Motion and order files, 1905-	Series 1485
	Opinions, 1886-	Series 1487
	Record of opinions index, undated	Series 1461
	Recorded arguments, 1952-1958; 1962-1977	Series 1473
	Rehearing petitions, 1907-1920	Series 1484
	Utah Reporter, 1851	Series 1481
	Writ files, 1900-	Series 1494

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