Precepts for circuit courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Queens County B0318

Precepts for circuit courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Queens County

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

This series consists of warrants related to circuit courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Queens County. The warrants command the sheriff to summon freeholders to jury duty; to deliver prisoners to jail; and to notify various officers to appear at court. These documents were burned in the 1911 fire but are legible.

Creator:

New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

Title:

Precepts for circuit courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Queens County

Quantity:

0.1 cubic feet

9 items

Inclusive Dates:

1788-1794

Series Number:

B0318

Arrangement

Chronological by filing date.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of precepts issued under seal of the Supreme Court of Judicature, commanding the sheriff of Queens County to summon freeholders of the county for service as grand and petit jurors; to deliver the jail its prisoners; to give notice to coroners, justices of the peace, and other officers to appear at the impending court term; and to appear himself at the term of the Circuit Court and Court of Oyer & Terminer and General Gaol Delivery to be held at the Queens County Court of Judicature and signed by the clerk. One the dorso of each precept is the return of the sheriff stating that he has carried out the order, and the filing date in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature. These documents were burned in the 1911 fire but they are legible.