Scope and Contents

Semi-annual statements of receipts and disbursements. Itemized lists note dates and specify ser-vices rendered, such as docketing cases, registering case papers, purchasing supplies, paying jurors and witnesses, and transporting prisoners, and expenses for food, lodging, and travel.

Scope and Contents Daily record of activities in early Federal Court. Entries pertain to approval of bills, appointment of officials, payment of jurors, opening and closing of court sessions and criminal case hearings. Citations about criminal cases specify case number, name of defendant, and charge. Remarks about criminal proceedings are very brief. As to the filing of supplementary case papers, no information is made as to the contents. Many daily references to a criminal case may be found until the case is...