USA, brottmålsakter från underrätter, 1790-1871

U.S., Circuit Court Criminal Case Files, 1790-1871

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Ancestry.com. USA, brottmålsakter från underrätter, 1790-1871 [webbaserad databas]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
Originaldata:
  • Criminal Case Files of the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maryland, 1795-1860; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1010, 4 rolls); Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  • Criminal Case Files of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, 1790-1853; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M885, 6 rolls); Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  • Criminal Case Files of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1791-1840; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M986, 7 rolls); Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  • US District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans. Criminal Cases, 1870-1871; (National Archives Microfilm Publication P2102, 4 rolls); Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

 USA, brottmålsakter från underrätter, 1790-1871

Den här databasen innehåller brottmålsakter upprättade i underrätter i Maryland, södra distriktet i New York, östra distriktet i Pennsylvania och östra distriktet i Louisiana, New Orleans för åren mellan 1790 och 1871. Vanliga typer av dokument som hittas här är bl.a. anklagelseakter, vädjanden från svaranden, skriftliga vittnesmål, stämningar, framställningar, häktningsorder och överenskommelser.

This database contains images of criminal case files of the U.S. Circuit Court for the:

  • District of Maryland, 1795-1860

  • Southern District of New York, 1790-1853

  • Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1791-1840

  • Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, 1870-1871

These case files relate to crimes punishable under the laws of the United States, such as:

  • Assault and battery

  • Conspiracy to invade nations at peace with the U.S.

  • Counterfeiting and forgery

  • Evasion of custom duties

  • False reporting by U.S. census takers

  • Mail theft

  • Murder on the high seas

  • Mutiny

  • Perjury

  • Piracy

  • Sedition

  • Slave trade and harboring of fugitive slaves

  • Smuggling

  • Theft

  • Trading without a license

  • Unlawful fitting out and arming of vessels

Types of documents found in the case files include bills of indictment, presentments, pleas of defendants, recognizances, depositions, affidavits, subpoenas, writs, orders of the court, petitions, warrants, bonds, Presidential orders of pardon from imprisonment, and other papers filed in criminal actions.

The plaintiff in all of the cases was the United States.

The above information was taken from the Introductions (Descriptive Pamphlets) of each of the NARA microfilm publications included in this database. For further historical and background information regarding these record collections, please consult the Introductions. Each state’s Introduction is viewable by selecting it through the browse table below. For Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Introductions also include a listing of cases by defendant names and year. This may be helpful for finding a case relating to a specific individual.

Updates:
11 Sep 2019: Changes were made to improve the performance of this collection. No new records were added.
31 Aug 2020: Keyed names and dates from cover pages of packets. Added 2,057 new records.