Record of proceedings in criminal cases, 1905-1907.

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Record of proceedings in criminal cases, 1905-1907.

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One volume of United States Commissioner's record of proceedings in criminal cases from the U.S. District Court for the Second Judicial District of Arizona pertaining exclusively to the arrest and deportation of Chinese immigrants for unlawful entry into the United States at Nogales. Portraits of most of the defendants are pasted into the book and revelant correspondence and notes are tipped in.

.25 linear ft. (1 box).

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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