seriesNo,seriesEntityName,seriesTitle,seriesDateRange,seriesArrangement,seriesDescription,seriesTotRetentDesc,seriesPrimaryClassCode,seriesExtentDesc
22664,District Court (Third District),Criminal registers of actions,1882-1896.,"Numerical by case number, thereunder chronological by date.","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 function as a chronological list of the actions taken in each criminal cases. A register of actions can contain the following: attorney for plaintiff and defendant\, name of the judge presiding over the case\, petitions\, complaint\, summons\, answers to summons\, orders from the court\, assignment of judges\, exhibits\, judgment\, findings and conclusions\, 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 Jucicial District also included Davis County. A small number of case files from this county may be included.",,Public,3 microfilm reels