Series 1407
District Court (Second District : Weber County) Minutes
Dates: i 1896-
68 microfilm reels
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Scope and Content
Minute books contain court actions from the criminal, civil, and probate divisions and document the daily proceedings of the court. However, minute book entries are not transcripts of court cases. Business matters include court site and officers present, jury selection, judicial appointments, expense claims, as well as entries noting the day's proceedings on various cases. A typical case will span multiple dates and will include an indictment or indication of the filed complaint, procedural issues, presentation of the case, witnesses' names, the verdict, and precise sentencing or settlement.
Research Note
An index to volumes 1-5 of the minute books, presumably still in the custody of the Second District Court in Weber County, was noted in the Preliminary Inventory of the County Archives of Utah, vol. 29, Weber County. The same is true of the Blotters and Register of Actions, which may be used to find the unique case number corresponding to the appropriate case. Judgment Dockets may be used to determine case numbers as well.??Nearly six pages of Volume 53 are devoted to a resolution of respect for "Judge" Hiram Hunt Henderson (1862-1945), who practiced law in Ogden from 1888 to 1945. Henderson previously served as law clerk for Associate Justice Henry P. Henderson (his uncle). The tribute was delivered on 24 October 1945 and includes biographical information about the younger Henderson.??Blotters provide the minutes in an abbreviated fashion. More detailed information may be found in case files, commitment records, and information and indictment records. Judgment books and civil case
decisions record the outcome of the cases. Naturalization record books show further documentation of naturalizations. For appeals to the district court the lower court records should be checked, as should the Supreme Court for appeals from the district court. Consult county clerk records for minutes from other counties in the Second District.
Research Note
An index to volumes 1-5 of the minute books, presumably still in the custody of the Second District Court in Weber County, was noted in the Preliminary Inventory of the County Archives of Utah, vol. 29, Weber County. The same is true of the Blotters and Register of Actions, which may be used to find the unique case number corresponding to the appropriate case. Judgment Dockets may be used to determine case numbers as well.??Nearly six pages of Volume 53 are devoted to a resolution of respect for "Judge" Hiram Hunt Henderson (1862-1945), who practiced law in Ogden from 1888 to 1945. Henderson previously served as law clerk for Associate Justice Henry P. Henderson (his uncle). The tribute was delivered on 24 October 1945 and includes biographical information about the younger Henderson.??Blotters provide the minutes in an abbreviated fashion. More detailed information may be found in case files, commitment records, and information and indictment records. Judgment books and civil case
decisions record the outcome of the cases. Naturalization record books show further documentation of naturalizations. For appeals to the district court the lower court records should be checked, as should the Supreme Court for appeals from the district court. Consult county clerk records for minutes from other counties in the Second District.
Access Restrictions
Utah law, enacted in 1941, sealed all adoption records with the exception that they can be released upon a court order expressly permitting inspection (Laws of Utah, 1941, chapter 17, 14-1-15). This restriction has subsequently been amended (1999) to allow public access one hundred years after the date of final decree or access as provided for in a mutual consent registry (Utah Code 78-30-15, 18). The probate division's jurisdiction over adoptions preceded the enactment of these laws and therefore many adoption records were cited in record books kept by the court. Utah State Archives staff supervises access to this series in order to provide access to probate records, but not to adoption records.
Reproduction and Use
These records are available for reproduction and use.
Finding Aids
Other: a research guide on court records is available for patron use. Indexes: series 21933, civil case index, includes name indices to plaintiffs and defendants, covering from 1897 thru 1916, and from 456 thru 5449.
Related Records
Minute books from the District Court (Fourth District), Series 5062, record minutes of district court sessions conducted in Weber County during the territorial period.
Civil registers of actions from the District Court (Second District : Weber County), Series 17661, documents the proceedings of each case.
Index to civil actions from the District Court (Second District : Weber County), Series 26957, documents the proceedings of each case.
Criminal registers of action from the District Court (Second District : Weber County), Series 26958, contains brief minute book entries for court proceedings on any given day.
Indexing Terms
Citizenship--Utah--Weber County.
Corporate divestiture--Utah--Weber County.
Actions and defenses--Utah--Weber County.
Criminal courts--Utah--Weber County.
Probate records--Utah--Weber County.
Civil procedure--Utah--Weber County.
Court records--Utah--Weber County.
| REEL | VOLUME | DESCRIPTION |
| 1 | 1 | 1896 - 1897 |
| 1 | 2 | 1897 - 1898 |
| 2 | 2 | 1898 - 1899 |
| 2 | 3 | 1899 - 1900 |
| 3 | 4 | 1900 - 1902 |
| 4 | 5 | 1902 - 1903 |
| 5 | 6 | 1904 - 1905 |
| 6 | 7 | 1904 - 1905 |
| 7 | 8 | 1905 |
| 8 | 9 | 1906 - 1907 |
| 9 | 10 | 1907 - 1908 |
| 10 | 11 | 1908 - 1909 |
| 11 | 12 | 1910 |
| 12 | 13 | 1910 |
| 13 | 14 | 1910 - 1911 |
| 14 | 15 | 1911 - 1912 |
| 15 | 16 | 1912 |
| 16 | 17 | 1912 - 1913 |
| 17 | 18 | 1913 - 1914 |
| 18 | 19 | 1914 |
| 19 | 20 | 1914 - 1915 |
| 20 | 21 | 1915 - 1916 |
| 21 | 22 | 1916 |
| 22 | 23 | 1916 - 1917 |
| 23 | 24 | 1917 - 1918 |
| 24 | 25 | 1918 - 1919 |
| 25 | 26 | 1919 |
| 26 | 27 | 1919 - 1920 |
| 27 | 28 | 1920 - 1921 |
| 28 | 29 | 1921 |
| 29 | 30 | 1921 - 1922 |
| 30 | 31 | 1922 - 1923 |
| 31 | 32 | 1923 |
| 32 | 33 | 1923 - 1924 |
| 33 | 34 | 1924 - 1925 |
| 34 | 35 | 1926 - 1927 |
| 35 | 36 | 1926 - 1927 |
| 36 | 37 | 1928 - 1929 |
| 37 | 38 | 1928 - 1929 |
| 38 | 39 | 1930 - 1931 |
| 39 | 40 | 1930 - 1931 |
| 40 | 41 | 1931 - 1932 |
| 41 | 42 | 1932 - 1933 |
| 42 | 43 | 1933 - 1934 |
| 43 | 44 | 1934 - 1936 |
| 44 | 45 | 1937 - 1938 |
| 45 | 46 | 1938 - 1939 |
| 46 | 47 | 1939 - 1940 |
| 47 | 48 | 1939 - 1940 |
| 48 | 49 | 1940 - 1942 |
| 49 | 50 | 1942 - 1943 |
| 50 | 51 | 1943 - 1944 |
| 51 | 52 | 1944 - 1945 |
| 52 | 53 | 1945 - 1946 |
| 53 | 54 | 1946 - 1947 |
| 54 | 55 | 1948 - 1949 |
| 55 | 56 | 1948 - 1949 |
| 56 | 57 | 1950 - 1951 |
| 57 | 58 | 1950 - 1951 |
| 58 | 59 | 1951 - 1952 |
| 59 | 60 | 1952 - 1953 |
| 60 | 61 | 1953 - 1954 |
| 61 | 62 | 1954 - 1956 |
| 62 | 63 | 1956 - 1957 |
| 63 | 64 | 1957 - 1958 |
| 64 | 65 | 1958 - 1959 |
| 65 | 66 | 1959 - 1960 |
| 66 | 67 | 1960 - 1961 |