Research

1

Creator:

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

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

Papers of Aaron Burr (Project)

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

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

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

Commissioners of Records for the City and County of New York

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives