Guide to the Court Documents, Sheriff’s Office, 1860-1930

Collection processed and description prepared by:

Presley Hubschmitt, 2018 and Martha McKenzie, 2020

Descriptive Summary

Collection Title
Court Documents, Sheriff’s Office, 1860-1930
Span Dates
1860-1930
Bulk Dates
1870-1920
Collection Number
SC2020.0001
Creator
Napa City Sheriff’s Office
Extent
64 files, 3 ledgers, and miscellaneous papers

Administrative & Access Information

Note
Napa County Historical Society
Goodman Library
1219 First Street
Napa, California 9455

Citation
Court Documents, Sheriff’s Office, 1860-1930, [Box/Series #, Folder #], Napa County Historical Society.

Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Some folders in this collection may be restricted. See container list for more information.

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.Researchers are advised that violations of the copyright law may have legal ramifications for whichNapa County HistoricalSociety assumes no responsibility.

Collections may also contain sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications for whichNapa County Historical Society assumes no responsibility.

Usage Restrictions
Appointments are not required for accessing collections, but are strongly encouraged so as to ascertain availability of materials.

Duplication of materials is on a case-by-case basis, and permission can only be given by the Research Librarian. Charges may apply.

The donor may have placed additional access/usage restrictions on this collection. The user is responsible for adhering to those restrictions; NCHS is not liable for any misuse.

Approval must be explicitly given by NCHS or copyright holder for publication.

Finding Aid prepared by
Nikelle Riggs, Research Librarian Napa, CA [11/21/2020]

Biography / History

Biographical / Historical Note

No biographical or historical information is currently known.

Scope & Content

Scope & Contents Note
This collection consists of arrest warrants, checks, court documents, criminal complaints, and letters. The multitude have been recorded as individual documents, and the collection includes less than 5 ledgers or bound materials.

Container List

Arrest Warrants, A-G
Arrest Warrants, H-L
Arrest Warrants, M-R
Arrest Warrants, S-W
Court documents, 1860’s
Court documents, 1873
Court documents, 1874
Court documents, 1877
Court documents, 1878
Court documents, 1880
Court documents, 1881
Court documents, 1882
Court documents, 1883
Court documents, 1884
Court documents, 1885
Court documents, 1886
Court documents, 1887
Court documents, Sheriff’s Sale
Court documents, 1888
Court documents, 1889
Court documents, Commitment 1889
Court documents, 1890
Court documents, Commitment 1890
Court documents, 1891
Court documents, Commitment 1891
Court documents, 1892
Court documents, 1893
Court documents, 1894
Court documents, 1895
Court documents, 1896
Court documents, 1897
Court documents, 1898
Court documents, 1899
Court documents, Commitment 1899
Court documents, 1900
Court documents, 1901
Court documents, Commitment 1901
Court documents, Commitment 1902
Court documents, 1902
Court documents, 1903
Court documents, Commitment to Jail 1903
Court documents, 1904
Court documents, 1905
Court documents, 1906
Court documents, 1907
Court documents, 1908
Court documents, 1909
Court documents, 1910
Court documents, 1911
Court documents, 1912
Court documents, Summons and Subpoenas 1913
Court documents, Writ of Execution 1914
Court documents, 1914
Court documents, 1915
Court documents, 1916
Court documents, 1917
Court documents, 1918
Court documents, 1919
Court documents, 1921
Court documents, Writ of Attachment 1922
Court documents, 1924
Court documents, 1927
Court documents, Sheriff’s Logs 1928
Court documents, 1929 Receipt
1810 Letter
1899 Forged checks and description of articles found
1900 checks
1905 Arrest Reward and cable car toll
1905 Arrest reward papers
1905 Police letter
1905 San Joaquin sheriff letter
1906 Arrest warrant
1906/1011 checks and writing from sheriff
1906/1909 Arrest reward and sheriff letter
1907 Arrest warrants
1907 check
1907 check
1907 letter from an attorney
1908 check
1908 check
1908 check
1908 Criminal complaint
1908 criminal complaint and subpeona and arrest warrant
1908 Letter
1908 letter
1908 Letter and arrest warrant and marriage certificate and criminal complaint
1909 Arrest ledger
1909 Arrest warrant
1909/1910 Motor car company letter
1910 Arrest warrant
1910 Arrest warrants
1910 Arrest warrants and wanted paper
1910 arrest warrrant
1910 check and letter from sheriff
1910 Letter and money in banks paperwork
1910 Scrap paper from sheriff
Booklet of criminal arrest basic info
German store order letter
Postcards
Register of warrants of arrest received

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