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New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

 

 

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The volumes in this series are clerks' registers of writs issued and returned, declarations and other documents received and filed, and other business transacted in the Supreme Court of Judicature and in the Courts of Common Pleas in some of the counties of upstate New York. Each case is identified .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Papers of Aaron Burr (Project)

 

 

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Card indexes document court cases in which Aaron Burr was an attorney or a litigant. Separate card files index plaintiffs, defendants, and attorneys; cases in each court; and cases in chronological order. Courts represented are the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, Court of Chancery, and Court for .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)

 

 

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The writ of habeas corpus ("you have the body") ordered a lower court or public officer to bring a defendant into the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Judicature. This small collection of writs of habeas corpus includes one colonial example; the others are from the early national period. Almost .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)

 

 

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Writs of procedendo are orders from the Supreme Court of Judicature directing the sheriff of New York City and County to deliver a defendant in a proceeding before the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York (known as the Mayor's Court) into the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Commissioners of Records for the City and County of New York

 

 

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This series consists of printed volumes containing summary information on money judgments in the superior civil courts in New York County and City, and occasionally other courts in New York City and State..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)

 

 

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Files in this series usually include the writ of error ordering the lower court to return records of the case to the Supreme Court; the lower court's return or answer; and the defendant's bill of exceptions stating the objections to the lower court proceedings. Defendants obtained writs of error to .........

 

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New York State Archives