Parole docket books, 1910-1924.

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Parole docket books, 1910-1924.

Docket book entries include docket date, inmate's name and register number, county in which trial held and orders of Board (i.e., approval, denial or revocation of parole; conditions under which parole was granted). Occasionally listed under Board orders are names and addresses of persons to whom inmates were paroled.

9 volumes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7391222

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