Sacramento County (Calif.) Court of First Instance records, 1848-1853

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Summary

Title:
Sacramento County (Calif.) Court of First Instance records
Dates:
1848-1853
Creators:
Sacramento County (Calif.). Court of First Instance and Sacramento County (Calif.). Alcalde Court
Abstract:
The collection contains records from the Sacramento Court of First Instance, the local judicial body of pre-statehood California after U.S. annexation. Records date from 1848 to 1850 and include civil and criminal case files, court record and judgment books, Alcalde Court documents, and court correspondence and petitions, plus documents from the Natoma, Mormon Island, and Salmon Falls districts. Some records of note are case files relating to the Rising Sun Mining & Trading Company and the Eagle Theater bankruptcy trial, and 1848 to 1849 documents in Spanish related to Dry Creek (Arroyo Seco).
Extent:
1.63 linear feet (3 boxes)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], Sacramento County (Calif.) Court of First Instance records, CNTY0012, Center for Sacramento History.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains records from the Sacramento Court of First Instance from 1848 to 1850, including civil and criminal case files, court record and judgment books, Alcalde Court documents, and court correspondence and petitions, plus documents from the Natoma, Mormon Island, and Salmon Falls districts. Some records of note are case files relating to the Rising Sun Mining & Trading Company and the Eagle Theater bankruptcy trial, and 1848 to 1849 documents in Spanish related to Dry Creek (Arroyo Seco).

Biographical / historical:

Courts of First Instance were the local judicial bodies of pre-statehood California after U.S. annexation. They were overseen by an alcalde or judge and tried civil and criminal cases until the court was superseded by the District, County, and Sessions Courts established by state legislature on March 30, 1850.

Acquisition information:
Transferred from the California State Archives in 1980 (accession #1980/132).
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 3 series:
Series 1. Civil case files, 1849-1853
Series 2. Criminal case files, 1849-1850
Series 3. Other court records, 1848-1850

Physical location:
SP SV 22:A:2
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Kim Hayden
Date Prepared:
© 2019
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by Kim Hayden. Date of source: July 9, 2019.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

All requests to publish or quote from private manuscripts held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH 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 patron. No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], Sacramento County (Calif.) Court of First Instance records, CNTY0012, Center for Sacramento History.

Location of this collection:
551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95811, US
Contact:
(916) 808-7072
csh@cityofsacramento.org
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