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New York (State). Department of State

 

 

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The series consists of abstracts compiled by state county clerks and forwarded to the secretary of state's office. Information includes convict's name, court, term, crime, and sentence. There is no name index..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

2

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New York (State). Department of State

 

 

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This series consists of printed copies of restorations to citizenship issued by the governor to convicted felons. Information includes the court where the felon was convicted, the date, felon's name, crime, sentence, place and date of incarceration, and the names of the governor, secretary of state .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). Department of State

 

 

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This series consists of respites and commutations. The governor has the authority to grant pardons and respites. The respites concern stays of execution for individuals sentenced to death; commutations are reductions of sentences. Respites and commutations normally include the name of the convicted .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

4

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New York (State). Division of State Police

 

 

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This series contains police blotters that were generated by approximately 170 local State Police units. Blotters are a daily record of the activities of a Troop Headquarters or substation. They are maintained on an annual basis. The information recorded in the blotters usually concerns the comings and .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

5

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New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division. First Department

 

 

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This series consists of New York County criminal court trial transcripts which were created for use in appeals. Most of the trials occurred in the Court of General Sessions of the Peace. Others took place in the Court of Oyer and Terminer; in the trial term of the Supreme Court; or in lower tribunals .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

New York (State). Department of State

 

 

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The series consists of printed returns of convicts discharged from state prisons, either through expiration of sentence or pardon. Returns were compiled by the clerks of Mt. Pleasant (Sing Sing), Auburn, and Clinton prisons. While they vary in specific format, returns typically provide data on most .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Department of State

 

 

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This series consists of statistical summary reports of admissions to and discharges from county jails. Admission reports contain summaries of the number of offenses; formal committals; felon's age, sex, race, nationality, occupational skills, marital status, past prison record or reformatory history, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Department of State

 

 

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This series consists of executive orders for pardons, commutations, restorations of citizenship or respites. Each order includes the date, convict's name, crime, place where tried, sentence, place of incarceration, and the governor's signature. Commutations also include the commutation terms. Respites .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

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New York (State). Temporary Commission on Revision of the Penal Law and Criminal Code

 

 

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This series consists of correspondence; studies; reports; newspaper clippings; drafts of bills; minutes and memorandums generated and received by the Temporary State Commission to Revise the Penal Law and Criminal Code. Subjects include abortion; adultery; arson; assault; birth control; bribery; burglary; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

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New York (State). Board of Parole

 

 

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This series contains records created or compiled by the State Board of Parole in relation to parole of incarcerated individuals from Auburn Prison. For each individual applying for parole, there is a folder with records documenting the entire process of parole from admission into the state correctional .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

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New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records

 

 

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This series serves as a name index to executive pardons, respites, commutations, restorations of citizenship, and certificates of good conduct in series 13253. It likely indexes other record series created by the Department of State that document executive clemency actions, as well. Information includes .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

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New York County (N.Y.). Court of General Sessions of the Peace

 

 

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This series consists of criminal cases, most of which were appealed to the Appellate Division (First Department), and several of which went to the Court of Appeals. The earlier volumes contain many records on appeal from the Supreme Court General term. In addition, there are original court papers such .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

13

Creator:

New York (State). Governor

 

 

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The case files in this series document the process of application for and granting of pardons or commutations of sentences by the Governor. Convicts and their families, friends, and attorneys applied to have sentences reduced or terminated and, for convicted felons, to have citizenship rights restored. .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York House of Refuge

 

 

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This series consists of transcripts of one inmate's incoming correspondence. Since the institution's superintendent held the originals; it is unlikely that the inmate received the letters. The letters which discuss his and other youths' activities may have been used to help make a parole decision and/or .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

15

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New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

 

 

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This series consists of bills of exceptions, which were submitted by attorneys for defendants in inferior courts (civil or criminal) who intended to apply for a writ of error. The bill summarizes the proceedings to which exception is taken and is certified and signed by the judge (or judges) of the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

16

Creator:

New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

 

 

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This fragmentary series consists of summaries of testimony and proceedings in the Circuit Courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer. At the head of each document are the names of the courts, the venue, the date, and the names of the presiding justices. Following are entries for each case (civil or criminal) .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

17

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

 

 

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This series consists of petitions to a Supreme Court justice, commissioner, or judge of a court of common pleas for appointment of a guardian for an infant-defendant, or a next friend (prochein ami) for an infant-plaintiff (a minor could not appear in court)..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

18

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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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

19

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

 

 

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This series consists of documents filed in criminal cases heard and decided by the justices of the Supreme Court of Judicature in their capacity as judges of the Court of Oyer and Terminer in Albany County. Documents include writs of venire facias juratores, commanding the sheriff to empanel a jury; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

20

Creator:

New York House of Refuge

 

 

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Scrapbooks consist mostly of news clippings concerning conditions at the House of Refuge (Vol. 1 and 2) and crime and prison conditions in New York (Vol. 5) and throughout the United States (Vols. 3 and 4).. Included are programs for shows/events and clippings related to the Freedom of Worship Act and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives