New York State Supreme Court of Judicature Judgment Rolls and Other Documents on Parchment
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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:
Most of the documents in this series are Supreme Court judgment rolls, issue rolls, and nisi prius rolls on parchment. Other
civil case documents include recognizances, writs of capias, writs of venire, and other writs. Criminal case documents (all
pre-dating 1776) include indictments, informations, and writs of capias. The series also contains some Court of Chancery documents,
including bills of complaint, answers, exhibits, etc.
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Supreme Court of Judicature judgment rolls and other documents on parchment
Quantity:
Inclusive Dates:
1684-1848
Bulk Dates:
1765-1810
Series Number:
JN519
Arrangement
Alphabetical/numerical.
Numerical by group number from 1 to 248 (which refers to either a large folder, a box, or one of two partitions within a box),
followed by an alphabetic code from A to H and then from K to L (which identifies a range within the original pigeonhole filing
system), and followed again by a number from 1 to 10 (which identifies a pigeonhole within each range), with the resulting
code represented in this format: 1/A–1
Alternate Formats Available
Items Online
High resolution images of selected original documents in this series are available in State Archives Digital Collections.
New York State Archives Digital Collections
Supreme Court of Judicature judgment rolls and other documents on parchment, 1684-1848
Related Material
JN109 Spreadsheet index to Supreme Court judgment rolls and other documents on parchment, Court of Chancery and First Circuit filed
and transcribed documents, and New York City Court of Common Pleas and New York City Superior Court filed documents, indexes
Series JN519.
Other Finding Aids
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Container list is available at the repository.
Acquisition Information
These records were transferred by the New York State Unified Court System, Office of Court Administration in 2017.
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
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Contents |
Box |
Accretion: JN519-17 |
1: A-L |
1 |
182/183: A-L for both numbers |
182 |
184/185: A-L for both numbers |
183 |
186/187: A-L for both numbers |
184 |
188/189: A-L for both numbers |
185 |
190/191: A-L for both numbers |
186 |
192/193: A-L for both numbers |
187 |
197/198: A-L for both numbers |
192 |
199/200: A-L for both numbers |
193 |
201/202: A-L for both numbers |
194 |
203/204: A-L for both numbers |
195 |
205/206: A-L for both numbers |
196 |
207/208: A-L for both numbers |
197 |