The Finding Aid for the R.C. Brooks Court Records C057876
J. Davis
Society of California Pioneers
09/19/2017
101 Montgomery Street, Suite 150
Presidio of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94129
pkeats@californiapioneers.org
Note
B002182/ B-2-1B
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Society of California Pioneers
Title: R.C. Brooks Court Records
Identifier/Call Number: C057876
Physical Description:
1 folder
Date (inclusive): Circa 1866
Abstract: This folder contains the court records pertaining to one R.C. Brooks and his liquor distilling operation and saloon.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source and Date of Acquisition Unknown
Existence and Location of Originals
The Society of California Pioneers, 101 Montogomery St. Suite 150. Persidio of San Francisco, San Francisco CA, 94129
R.C. Brooks Court Records, The Society of California Pioneers.
The hand written document is a court record that states the defendant, R. C. Brooks, asserts he did not claim his still and/or
pay the duties and tax due on the fermented spirits that he produced with said still. The paper is filed in the "US District
Court of Northern California." The court record case number is 308 and a verdict was handed down on September 12th, 1866 in
favor of the claimant (the IRS) and resulted in R.C. Brooks being forced to forfeit "one copper still".
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Frontier and pioneer life – California
Pioneers -- California
Alcohol
Brooks, R.C.
Hoffman, Ogden, 1822-1891