New York State Supreme Court of Judicature Summaries of Testimony Given in Circuit Courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer

Chronological by year, then alphabetical by county, then chronological by term.

This fragmentary series consists of summaries of testimony and proceedings in the Circuit Courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer. At the head of each document are the names of the courts, the venue, the date, and the names of the presiding justices. Following are entries for each case (civil or criminal) heard by the justices. Entries for a case include the names of the parties and their attorneys, the form of action (civil) or charge (criminal), the pleadings on both sides, summaries of testimony given by each witness, extracts from documents introduced as evidence, very brief notes on the summary arguments by attorneys for both sides, and the verdict found by the jury. The series is fragmentary and records for other counties and years are lost.

Container list is available at the repository.

The Court of Appeals placed these records on deposit at the Historical Documents Collection, Queens College, from 1973-1982.

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