Wisconsin. Justice of the Peace (Ripon): Justice Court Dockets, 1860-1916
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Summary Information
Title: Wisconsin. Justice of the Peace (Ripon): Justice Court Dockets
Inclusive Dates: 1860-1916

Creator:
  • Wisconsin. Justice of the Peace (Ripon)
Call Number: Fond du Lac Series 41

Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (1 flat box and 8 volumes)

Repository:
Housed at the Archives & Area Research Center, Polk Library, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.
UW-Oshkosh Polk Library / Oshkosh Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:
Dockets regarding actions taken in primarily civil cases and some criminal cases brought before the justices of the peace indicating the names of the plaintiff and defendant, and in some cases those of their attorneys, the complaint entered, dates of various actions and proceedings, court costs, a short summary of the case, and the verdict given. The Justice office was located in Ripon and had countywide jurisdiction in civil cases where small amounts are involved, and in criminal cases of misdemeanors and petty crimes. All dockets except Volume 2 include an alphabetical index to plaintiffs. Volumes 3, 4, 7, and 9 include a few marriage records at the back of the book. Marriages are not indexed.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-fond0041
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Arrangement of the Materials

Chronological by date of first entry for cases; volumes are in order roughly by year although there is some overlap between volumes.

Contents List
Volume   1
, 1860-1863 (Justice Peter Kilfsam)
Volume   2
1860-1888 (Justices A. Hagen, E.B. Pride, H.B. Williams)
Volume   (3) in Box 1
1870-1874 (Justices Thomas Harris, A. Cooley)
Volume   4
1889-1898 (Justices A.C. Jelleff, Fay D. Luther, W. Mathias, W.S. O'Connor, A.E. Dunlap)
Volume   5
1891-1897 (Justices L.E. Nohl, G.L. or C.L. Riggs, E.B. Soule)
Volume   6
1898-1903 (Justices A.E. Dunlap, L.E. Nohl)
Volume   7
1904-1907 (Justices O.R. Bucholz, H.M. Oeder)
Note: Includes marriages, 1905-1912.
Volume   8
1905-1913 (Justices O.R. Bucholz, H.M. Oeder)
Volume   9
1906-1916 (Justices L.E. Nohl, Jay E. Carter)