HENNEPIN COUNTY: COMMON PLEAS COURT
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Court of Common Pleas (Hennepin County). | |
| Title: | Records. | |
| Dates: | 1872-1877. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Documenting the activities of this court, established in March 1872 to relieve stress on the district court and abolished in 1877, these records include grand jury minutes (1875), registers of actions (1872-1877), judgment books (1872-1877), and criminal (1873-1876) and civil (1876-1877) case files. | |
| Quantity: | 1.8 cubic feet (2 boxes; 1 partial reel microfilm). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Court of Common Pleas (Hennepin County). Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Microfilm production:
Minneapolis : Hennepin County District Court, 1970.
Accession Information:
Accession number(s): 2004-42; 2005-62
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001709918
Appraisal Information:
Originals also in this record series.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 102.E.4.1B | Correspondence, March-November 1875. | ||||||||||
| Includes grand jury minutes for March 2-6 and September 7-10, 1875; summons for and lists of petit and grand jurors; and various references and affidavits for those seeking admission to the Hennepin County Bar Association. | |||||||||||
| Register of actions, 1872-1877. 10 folders. | |||||||||||
| Page numbers are most probably case files numbers; pages listed in the index correspond to page/case file numbers in the registers of actions and the judgment books. These actions are also indexed on Roll 1, SAM 84, Hennepin County District Court, Indexes to civil case files, 1858-1934 (cataloged separately). | |||||||||||
| Index to register of actions, 1872-1877. | |||||||||||
| Pages 1-1660, June 1872-March 1877. 9 folders. | |||||||||||
| Judgment book, July 20, 1872-December 2, 1874; February 1875. | |||||||||||
| Pages 1-576 stamped in ink. These numbers correspond to the index and registers of actions pages/case numbers. Prior to filming (see below), the pages were renumbered 1-243. Blank pages have been removed; the span of page numbers is now 1-573. | |||||||||||
| SAM 450 | Court of Common Pleas Judgment Book 1, July 20, 1872-December 2, 1874; February 1875. 1 partial microfilm reel. | ||||||||||
| Microfilm version of the book described above; filmed by the District Court in 1970. | |||||||||||
| 102.E.4.1B | Judgment book, 1875. | ||||||||||
| Pages 577-1096 stamped in ink. These numbers correspond to the index and register of actions page/case numbers. Prior to filming (see below), the pages were renumbered 1-277 [page 232 was not filmed]. Blank pages have been removed; the span of numbers is now 553 (blank) to 1084. | |||||||||||
| SAM 450 | Court of Common Pleas Judgment Book 2, 1875. 1 partial microfilm reel. | ||||||||||
| Microfilm version of the book described above; filmed by the District Court in 1970. | |||||||||||
| 102.E.4.1B | Judgment book, December 1875-March 1877. | ||||||||||
| Pages 1097-1658 stamped in ink. These numbers correspond to the index and register of actions page/case numbers. Prior to filming (see below), these pages were renumbered 1-276. Blank pages have been removed. | |||||||||||
| SAM 450 | Court of Common Pleas Judgment Book 3, December 1875-March 1877. 1 partial microfilm reel. | ||||||||||
| Microfilm version of the book described above; filmed by the District Court in 1970. | |||||||||||
| 102.E.4.2F | Criminal case file nos. 1-69, 71-82, 86-104, 1873-1876. | ||||||||||
| Civil case files, 1876-1877. | |||||||||||
| File nos. 1203, 1293-1294, 1312, 1323, 1326, 1337, 1340, 1346, 1369, 1378, 1452, 1466, 1482, 1487, 1498, 1499, 1510, 1543, 1555, 1577, 1588, 1630, 1655. Additional information on these cases is found in the register of actions and December 1875-March 1877 judgment book, listed earlier. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Civil procedure -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
- Criminal procedure -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
- Grand jury -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
- Judgments -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
- Organizations:
- Hennepin County Bar Association.
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