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Court records

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered court record books containing short case summaries and judgments, as well as works on the administrative records of courts. Works on public records in general, including those held in courthouses, are entered under Public records.

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Court Cases - 19th Century, 1850 - 1908

 Series — Shelf Court Cases - 19th Century
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Santa Barbara County Court Records contain over 2,300 individual court cases beginning with California statehood through the first decade of the 20th century. The cases are organized in one large chronological series by date. The variety of cases represented span legal proceedings from debt settlement to probate to murder. The plaintiffs and defendants are a Who's Who of local Californios and early American settlers to Santa Barbara.

Dates: Record Keeping: 1850 - 1908

Jose de la Guerra y Noriega vs. Thomas W. More [document]

 Digital Image
Identifier: 1855_Guerra_Noriega_vs_More.jpg
Dates: Record Keeping: 1855-03-27
Found in: Gledhill Library

Santa Barbara County Court Cases 1850-1908

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1949-144
Dates: 1850-09-09 - 1908-08-02
Found in: Gledhill Library

Santa Barbara County Court Records

 Collection
Identifier: AR-2020-007
Abstract

The Santa Barbara County Court Records contain over 2,300 court cases beginning with California statehood through the first decade of the 20th century. The variety of court cases represented span legal proceedings from debt settlement to probate to murder. The plaintiff and defendant names documented in these cases are a Who's Who of notable Santa Barbara Californios and early American settlers.

Dates: 1850 - 1908

Santa Barbara County Superior Court Cases

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2022-100
Dates: 1945 - 1963
Found in: Gledhill Library

Thomas More vs. M. J. Box [publication]

 Digital Image
Identifier: 1857_More_vs_Box_published.jpg
Dates: Record Keeping: 1857-06-02
Found in: Gledhill Library