Criminal case files, 1869-1911.

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Criminal case files, 1869-1911.

Criminal case files include records of action, affidavits for continuance, summons for witnesses, executions, judgment rolls, exhibits, bonds for appearances, bench warrants, demurrers, subpoenas, complaints, petitions for habeas corpus, testimonies, jury lists, affidavits for continuance, verdicts, warrants, notices of appeal, and true bills. U.S. vs. Ammon Tenney, U.S. vs. Peter Christopher, and U.S. vs. Christopher Kempe are cases which involve prosecutions under the Edmonds Act-Tucker Act related to polygamy. U.S. vs. Sertillon (Case No. 295) documents the conviction of a man for suffocation, by burial, of an Indian boy.

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. From the guide to the Franklin County, Idaho Post Office Location Records, 1876-1945, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. From the guide to the US Forest Service Photograph Collection., 19...

United States. District Court (Arizona Territory : 3rd Judicial District).

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Christofferson, Peter.

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Tenney, Ammon M. (Ammon Meshach), 1844-1925

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Missionary, Mormon Church; Tenney participated with the southern Utah militia against the Navajos, worked with Jacob Hamblin as missionary to the Hopi in 1858, and other mission assignments in northern New Mexico and Arizona. In 1882, he was jailed for practicing polygamy. He later served in 1887 on the Papago Indian Reservation in southern Arizona. From the description of Tenney papers, 1884-1923. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 40618067 ...