Summary Information

Title: Wisconsin. Justice of the Peace (Oshkosh): Justice Court Dockets
Inclusive Dates: 1857-1897

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Justice of the Peace (Oshkosh)

Call Number: Winnebago Series 115

Quantity: 6.0 cubic feet (1 flat box and 27 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:

UW-Oshkosh Polk Library / Oshkosh Area Research Ctr. (Map)

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

Abstract:

Justice dockets of E. R. Colton (1857-1865), J. R. Forbes (1866-1869), Henry Bailey (1868-1871), and others, recording actions taken in civil and criminal cases brought before the justices of the peace. Records note the names of the plaintiff and defendant, and in some cases those of their attorneys, the complaint stated, dates of various actions and proceedings, court costs, a short summary of the case, and the verdict given. The 1884-1885 docket includes a marriage register, 1885-1886.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-winn0115

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