Summary Information

Title: Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, Circuit Court Civil and Criminal Case Files
Inclusive Dates: circa 1849-1906, 1910-1943

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Manitowoc County)

Call Number: Manitowoc Series 50

Quantity: 240.4 cubic feet (204 records center cartons and 91 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library / Green Bay Area Research Ctr. (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of civil and criminal cases tried before the Circuit Court in Manitowoc County, typically including briefs, petitions, complaints, arguments, summonses, warrants, motions, judgments, orders, and other documents. Cases relate to criminal offenses such as assault and battery, adultery, larceny, illegal liquor sales, vandalism, and gambling, and to civil suits involving monetary transactions and personal disputes such as divorce and other family matters. Family and civil files for 1849-1906, 1910-1943; criminal files for 1849-1906 only.

Note:

The earliest case files numbers begin with a prefix of "x" or "cx." These case file numbers run consecutively regardless of prefix, without duplication. Later case file numbers drop the prefix. There are duplicate case file numbers 2-384, after case number 4000.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mani0050

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