Reports of admissions to and discharges from county jails

Chronological for reports in volume one; discharge reports arranged by county and therein chronological.

This series consists of two bound volumes containing statistical summary reports of admissions to and discharges from county jails, compiled for the Legislature by the Secretary of State. The statistical reports on admission contain summaries of: the number of offenses committed; the number of formal committals; the felon's age, sex, race, nationality, occupational skills, marital status, past prison record or reformatory history, parents, religion, habits (temperate or intemperate); the value of property stolen; sentences; how and when the individual was discharged; and the date of the report.

The statistical reports on discharges contain summaries of: the number discharged; the offense charged; the date of discharge; how the individual was discharged; time in prison; the number remaining in jail by the last report; the number received since the last report; and the number remaining in jail. The reports were compiled weekly between July 7 and August 18, 1866.

There is a county index for volume two; none is needed for volume one.

Volume list.

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