Scope and Contents Actions, investigations and criminal warrants made by and registered with the Sheriff. Cases on pages 1-40 deal with stolen property, particularly horses and warrants for arrest. Entries give date, description of property or sus¬pect, and city and sheriff sending notice. Cases on pages 41-86 are on violations of the Prohibition Act heard in Justice or District Court. Reports may note name of Defen¬dant, criminal charge, plea, dates of Justice and/or Dis¬trict Court hearings, names of...

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Property sold by the Sheriff for a foreclosure or at a tax sale. Lists names of parties involved, description of property, amount received, and issuance of a Sheriff's deed. Accompanying each page is the newspaper giving notice of the foreclosure or sale.

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Information on prisoners held or suspects sought by the Sheriff, including name, biographical data, physical description, marital status and criminal charge.

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Register of prisoners retained in the county jail. Information usually includes name, days served in jail, charge, prisoner number, cost of serving meals to individual prisoners, total expenses, and warrant number issued to Sheriff for reimbursement of expenses.

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Licenses issued inthe county for gaming, peddlers, pawnbrokers, auctioneers, billiard halls, pool tables, bowling alleys and theaters. Entries give name, place of residence, kind of license purchased, and fee for license. For volumes 1-7, there is a duplicate volume, one being the original license and the other a duplicate. Volumes 8-10 are duplicates only of licenses.

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Arrangement: Chronological and numerical by license number.

Record of licenses issued for specific businesses within the county. Entries list date, license number, name, city, kind of business, date of expiration, and fee. Licenses were primarily for operating billiard hall or pool tables, peddling or selling liquor. Information between volumes may overlap. See also "03.02 Licenses".