Series 22664

DESCRIPTION: This series documents the individual criminal cases tried by the Third District Court. Actions taken in each case are recorded on separate documents and then filed together to become the case file. As these documents enter the case file they are recorded in the Criminal Registers of Actions.

Registers of Actions function as a chronological list of the actions taken in each criminal case. A register of actions can contain the following: attorney for plaintiff and defendant, name of the judge presiding over the case. Actions recorded include the filing of: petitions, complaint, summons, answers to summons, orders from the court, assignment of judges, exhibits, judgment, findings of fact, conclusions of law, costs, decrees, requests by the attorneys for instructions to the jury, verdict, motions for cross complaints or new trials, amendments to previous answers, and disclaimers.

Matters from throughout the district (several counties) were heard in Salt Lake City. Cases from Salt Lake County are most numerous but matters from outlying Summit and Tooele counties are common. During the days of the territory, the Third Judicial District also included Davis County. A small number of case files from this county may be included.

ARRANGEMENT: Entries are numerical by case number, thereunder chronological.

RESEARCH NOTE: Researchers should consult this series to ensure finding all the actions which occurred in a case.

RELATED RECORDS: Series 6836, CRIMINAL CASE FILES, 1882–1896, contains the entire case file listed in these registers. Series 1649, MINUTE BOOKS, 1858–1896, documents the proceedings of each case.

FINDING AIDS: At the beginning of each register is located an alphabetical index.

PROCESSING NOTE: Registers of Actions were first scheduled as permanent records in 1983. These records were microfilmed and destroyed. This series was archivally processed by David Clark in February 2000.

GAPS IN THE SERIES: Registers containing cases 337–550 and 986–987 are not in archival holdings.

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