Utah Territorial Case Files
Records: 2,698 · Complete: 100%
Case files typically contain a complaint stating plaintiff's cause of action, an answer by the defendant, and summons. Cases found within this title concern a variety of crimes including robbing the mails, illegal voting, violations of liquor and tobacco tariff laws, cohabitation, illegal fencing, trespassing, land disputes over preemptions and homesteads, defrauding the federal government of tax, and embezzlement.
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Polygamy case of George Q Cannon
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1874 - Illegal voting charges against Elizabeth Lee
Source Information
"Territorial Case Files of the U.S. District Courts of Utah 1870-1896" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/484/utah-territorial-case-files: accessed June 28, 2022)
- Publication Title
- Utah Territorial Case Files
- Total Records
- 2,698 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
- Publication Number
- M1401
- Record Group
- 21
- Published on Fold3
- 02 Nov 2007
- Last Updated
- 12 Dec 2008
- Description
- NARA M1401. Judicial records originating in the seats of the four U.S. districts prior to Utah statehood: Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo, and Beaver.
