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Title: Criminal Case Files - Court of Sessions
Dates: 1850 - 1872
Collection Number: RG 140.1 OC
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 box
Repository:
Yolo County Archives
Woodland, California 95695
Abstract: Until 1854, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors was known as the Court of Sessions. The Court of Sessions was responsible
for hearing criminal cases. This collection includes the criminal cases heard by the Court of Sessions.
Location: A52.1
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has been assigned to the Yolo County Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Yolo County Archives as
the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also
be obtained by the researcher.
Criminal Case Files - Court of Sessions. Yolo County Archives
Scope and Content of Collection
Criminal cases heard in the Court of Sessions. Contents vary, cases may include complaints, transcripts, judgments, and instructions
to sheriff. Includes some jury venires. Documents are mostly handwritten with ink pen, and sorted in folders by case name
in chronological order.
Yolo County (Calif.)--Politics and government--19th century