Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Ah Hung Court Records
- Dates:
- 1839
- Abstract:
- These are the court documents pertaining to the trial of Ah Hung, September, ?, 1839. He was accused of murdering William R. McCormick by shooting him - with a pistol loaded with gunpowder and lead. The first document describes the crime. The second two documents are both documents finding Ah Hung guilty of murder signed by two different jurors.
- Extent:
- 1 folder 1 Folder, 3 court records
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
-
Ah Hung Court Records. The Society of Califronia Pioneers
Background
- Scope and content:
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These are the court documents pertaining to the trial of Ah Hung, September, ?, 1839. He was accused of murdering William R. McCormick by shooting him - with a pistol loaded with gunpowder and lead. The first document describes the crime. The second two documents are both documents finding Ah Hung guilty of murder signed by two different jurors. The first is dated October 4, 1839, Jackson (Amador Co.), and signed by Jacob Cunmminger(?), foreman. The second is dated Oct. 3rd, 1839, and is signed by the Deputy (Rynerson), the clerk (Pawling), and the foreman, H.W. Allen. No explanation is given as to why there are two verdicts, with two different foremans.
- Biographical / historical:
-
There is no biographical information in the documents, nor could any be found on either Ah Hung or William R. McCormick.
- Acquisition information:
- Source and date of acquisition not known
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2018-04-12 00:08:58 +0000 .
Access and use
- Preferred citation:
-
Ah Hung Court Records. The Society of Califronia Pioneers
- Location of this collection:
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300 Fourth StreetSan Francisco, CA 94107, US
- Contact:
- (415) 957-1849 ext. 160