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Title: Nevada County Justice Court, 1883-1887
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information: Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
Description: James Chisolm was a merchant who sold merchandise in San Juan, Nevada County.
Justice Courts, presided over by a Justice of the Peace, tried lower level misdemeanor cases such as vagrancy, public disorder, petty larceny, assault & battery, and various "breaches of the peace," all punishable by a fine of $500.00 or less, or 6 months in jail, or less. The Justice of the Peace for Nevada County during 1883-1887 was J. Stollar.
Selected case records, including affidavits, complaints, and charges.
Nevada County Justice Court.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
California State Library, California History Section;
Type: text
Extent: 1 manuscript box ; 15 1/4 x 11 3/4 x 3 in.
Identifier: (C)001625204CSL01-Aleph
(OCoLC)1040270572
Language: English
Subject: Crime
Legal documents
Nevada County (Calif.)
Place: Nevada County (Calif.)

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