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Utah Territorial Case Files

Case files typically contain a complaint stating plaintiff's cause of action, an answer by the defendant, and summons. Cases found within this title concern a variety of crimes including robbing the mails, illegal voting, violations of liquor and tobacco tariff laws, cohabitation, illegal fencing, trespassing, land disputes over preemptions and homesteads, defrauding the federal government of tax, and embezzlement. Continue…

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The National Archives

Territorial Case Files of the U.S. District Courts of Utah 1870-1896. Original data from: The National Archives

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