CLAY COUNTY: MOORHEAD: JUSTICE OF THE PEACE:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Moorhead (Minn.). Justice of the Peace.
Title:Records.
Dates:1908-1960.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Civil and criminal dockets. For 1940-1956 a subseries of dockets contains highway patrol cases.
Quantity:12.75 cubic feet (10 boxes and 1 partial box).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Unless otherwise stated, the following justices are represented in the records, usually under the title "Police Magistrate and Justice of the Peace": E. U. Wade (1909-March 1945); W. R. Costain (April 1945-December 1949); Rosco S. Brown (January 1950-November 1956); and Norman H. Nelson (1958-1960).


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Most volumes are indexed.

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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Moorhead (Minn.). Justice of the Peace. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 984-54

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017056700104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Location
118.G.19.2FJustice Docket, 1 volume:
Indexed.
Criminal actions, November 1908-March 1911.
Justice John Malloy.
Civil actions, April 1911-July 1916.
Justice E. U. Wade.
Civil Docket, September 1915-May 1919.
Indexed.
Civil Docket, January 1918-December 1928.
Indexed.
Civil Docket, April 1929-July 1949.
Indexed.
Criminal Docket, December 1909-August 1917.
Indexed.
Criminal Docket, March 1913-August 1914.
Indexed.
Criminal Docket, January 1919-November 1921.
Indexed.
Location
118.G.19.3BCriminal Dockets, 1923-1960. 17 volumes:
Indexed.
July 1923-March 1925.
Hans C. Ryen, Justice.
April 1925-December 1927.
January 1928-December 1930.
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118.G.19.4FSupplemental Docket, 1926-1929.
Supplemental Docket, 1930-1932.
The supplemental dockets contain large cases, usually including transcripts, that would not fit in the regular dockets.
April, November 1930-March 1933.
April 1933-December 1935.
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118.G.19.5B 1936-1937.
1938.
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118.G.19.6F 1939.
1940-1942.
1943-October 1946.
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118.G.19.7B October 1946-August 1949.
September 1949-May 1952.
June 1952-March 1955.
March 1955-August 1956.
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118.G.19.8F June 1958-February 1960.
City Criminal Docket, January 1937-November 1944.
Violations of city codes, separated from state violations; previously recorded in volumes above.
Highway Patrol/Department Dockets, 1940-1956. 15 volumes:
Indexed.
1940.
1941.
1942.
January-August 1943.
Location
112.J.15.1B-1 August 1943-December 1944.
January 1945-July 1946.
July 1946-August 1947.
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112.J.15.1B-2 August 1947-October 1948.
October 1948-March 1950.
March 1950-January 1951.
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112.J.15.2F-1 February 1951-December 1952.
Decemger 1952-November 1954.
November 1954-0ctober 1955.
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112.J.15.2F-2 October 1955-May 1956.
May-November 1956.

Expand/CollapseRELATED MATERIAL

An earlier volume (1897-1909) is located at the Clay County Historical Society, Moorhead.

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG 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:
Justices of the peace -- Minnesota -- Clay County.

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