Summary Information

Title: Michigan. Additional Court (Iowa County): Minutes
Inclusive Dates: 1824-1833

Creator:

• Michigan. Additional Court (Iowa County)

Call Number: Iowa Series 74

Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 flat box)

Repository:

Housed at the Southwest Wisconsin Room and Area Research Center, Ullsvik Hall, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; 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-Platteville Southwest Wisconsin Room / Platteville Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Minutes of the Additional Court (created by an 1823 act of Congress for Brown, Crawford, and Michilmackinac counties, Michigan Territory) when seated in Prairie du Chien and Mineral Point. This court had concurrent civil and criminal jurisdiction with the Michigan Territory Supreme Court and was conducted by Judges James Doty (1824-32) and David Irvin (1832-36). Records include: copies of Doty's and Irvin's letters of appointment; decisions on the granting of tavern and ferry permits; naturalization oaths; and trial records. Trial records include names of plaintiffs, defendants, petit and grand jurors, and attorneys; charges; motions; and verdicts. Crimes include murder, assault, fornication, adultery, illegal sale of liquor and army uniforms, larceny, contempt of court, and trespassing. A copy of a letter from Michigan Territorial Governor Lewis Bass giving Judge Doty permission to try several Winnebago Indians indicted for murder is also included.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-iowa0074

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