Summary Information

Title: La Crosse (Wis.). Police Justice: Criminal Docket
Inclusive Dates: 1862-1941

Creator:

• La Crosse (Wis.). Police Justice

Call Number: La Crosse Series 34

Quantity: 10.0 c.f. (35 volumes)

Repository:

Housed at the Special Collections & Area Research Center, Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)

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

Abstract:

Transcribed cases tried before the police justice giving name of defendant, date of case, and sentence imposed. Illegal actions defendants were charged with include: assault and battery; disorderly conduct; fighting; making a riot; obscene and insulting language; carrying a concealed weapon; violation of city ordinance; intoxication; keeping saloon open after hours; selling liquor without a license; driving while intoxicated; reckless driving; running an arterial sign; speeding; parking in alley; keeper, frequenter, or inmate of house of ill repute; keeper of gambling house; larceny; bastardy; burglary; and vagabond.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-lacr0034