Pima County court, sheriff, and jail records, 1877-1945.

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Pima County (Ariz.). Pima County court, sheriff, and jail records, 1877-1945.

Title

Pima County court, sheriff, and jail records, 1877-1945.

Resource Link

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42375837

Abstract

Scattered court records from the Arizona Supreme Court, First Judicial Court, County Superior Court, Probate Court, Justice of the Peace court, and the Pima County jail, 1867-1945. There are transcripts, exhibits, court calendars, bail notes and warrants. Jail records include ledgers listing county prisoners, registers of meals and guard schedules, and constable fee books, 1880s to 1890s. Also present are two ledgers for U.S. prisoners confined in the County Jail, 1885-1904 and one ledger of wanted posters. Justice of the Peace records include eleven boxes of death inquests, 1885-1945, by last name. One ledger from the Helvetia Justice of the Peace is present, 1900-1911. Other court cases involve Eva Dugan, Louis Zeckendorf, Albert Steinfeld, Teodoro Elias, Frank Stillwell, Washington Jacobs, Colin Cameron, various Chinese and Mexican American residents, and others. Case exhibits include records of various mining companys, banks, and railroads. There are company records for the Old Glory Mining and Milling Company, . There are photographs of a 1922 train wreck and a 1906 flooding in Tucson. Maps relating to a 1918 dispute over ownership of Baca Float #3 land grant area also present.

Extent

25 linear ft. (54 boxes)

Holding Repository

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7449039

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

Related Entities

There are 14 Entities related to this resource.

Steinfeld, Albert, 1854-1935

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Biographical note: Businessman, Tucson, Ariz.; Albert Steinfeld came to Tucson to work for his uncles, the Zeckendorf brothers, in their mercantile store. He purchased the Tucson store in 1904, expanded the business and invested in many others. From the description of Steinfeld papers, ca. 1883-1963. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 549438911 ...

Shibell, Charles A., 1841-1908

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Cameron, Colin, 1849-1911.

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Arizona. Supreme Court

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The Arizona Supreme Court was authorized in the Act creating the Territory in 1863. From the description of Arizona Supreme Court records, 1896-1937 (bulk 1897-1916). (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 40176195 ...

Pima County (Ariz.)

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Formed in 1864 in southern Arizona. From the description of Pima County court, sheriff, and jail records, 1877-1945. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 42375837 ...