AGENCY: Huntington (Utah)

SERIES: 30048
TITLE: Justice dockets
DATES: 1915-1991
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date case was filed

DESCRIPTION: This series contains records kept by the Justice Court of Huntington City regarding cases heard in court. The majority of cases heard by the Justice Court were misdemeanors, usually related to traffic citations. However, cases heard were both civil and criminal in nature. Each page in the dockets records the name of the defendants , the name of the justice of the peace, the name of the arresting officer, an account of the proceedings explaining the reason the defendant appeared in court and the results of the appearance including the sentence, and receipt information for any fines paid. Cases are not numbered but generally appear in chronological order based on the date the defendant appeared in court. Many entries have papers attached, including receipts for fines or bail, bench warrants, venires, complaints, transcripts, motions, correspondence, and other notices. There is an alphabetical index at the front of each ledger.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is proposed and has not yet been approved.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office until administrative value has been met and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

Records in this series are of permanent historical value as documentation of the justice court process.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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