This series consists of documents filed in criminal cases heard and decided by the justices of the Supreme Court of Judicature in their capacity as judges of the Court of Oyer and Terminer in Albany County. Documents include writs of venire facias juratores, commanding the sheriff to empanel a jury; bills of indictment by the grand jury; recognizances of bail for the appearance of defendants and witnesses; records of conviction; and a few other documents of uncertain origin.
Creator
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
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This fragmentary series consists of lists of freeholders qualified to serve as jurors in the trial of issues in the Supreme Court of Judicature, as returned by sheriffs or county clerks. Each list gives the names of freeholders, their places of abode, and their "additions" (occupations or ranks). Most of the lists were compiled and returned for the empanelling of struck juries.
Creator
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
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This series contains writs summoning jurors for trials at which a justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature presided. The writ of venire facias juratores commands the sheriff to summon individuals qualified to serve as jurors in the trial of a particular case. Almost all the writs were returned to the court by the sheriff of New York County. A very small number of the earliest writs are for trials in other counties. Starting in spring 1823, all the writs are for jury trials in the Circuit Court sitting in New York City and County. A few writs have an attached panel of jurors stating their names, residences, and sometimes occupations.
Creator
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
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Precepts for circuit courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Queens County
Series Number
B0318
Summary
This series consists of warrants related to circuit courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Queens County. The warrants command the sheriff to summon freeholders to jury duty; to deliver prisoners to jail; and to notify various officers to appear at court. These documents were burned in the 1911 fire but are legible.
Creator
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
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This series consists of writs of inquiry, which were orders of the Supreme Court of Judicature under seal, commanding a sheriff to empanel a jury to determine the exact damages sustained by the plaintiff who had obtained an interlocutory judgment.
Creator
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany, Utica, and Geneva)
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Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva) copies of pleadings furnished to circuit courts
Series Number
J0146
Summary
This series contains records of the pleas, issue, trial, and verdict in civil causes in Circuit Courts. Records documenting civil causes provide name of court; term; names of plaintiff and defendant; names of the judge, attorneys, jurors, and witnesses; and the jury's verdict and its award of damages and costs.
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New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
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This series contains records of the pleas, issue, trial, and verdict in civil causes in Circuit Courts. Each record has the following parts: the placita, which gives the names of the parties; the memorandum; the subsequent pleadings by both defendant and plaintiff; the imparlance, or allowance to the defendant of time to plead; the award of jury process in Circuit Court; and the continuances, or postponements, if any in the cause.
Creator
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
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This series contains records of the pleas, issue, trial, and verdict in civil causes in Circuit Courts. Each record has the following parts: the placita, which gives names of the parties; the memorandum, which gives the name of the court, the term, the names of plaintiff and defendant, and the plaintiff's initial declaration; the subsequent pleadings by both defendant and plaintiff; the imparlance; the award of jury process in Circuit Court; and the continuances.
Creator
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
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