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1816 antique CAYUGA COUNTY ny JUSTICE COURT DOCKET handwritten LEGAL LEDGER
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Original 1816 handwritten justice-of-the-peace court docket / legal record book from Cayuga County, New York, measuring approximately 8 x 12.25 inches and containing approximately 48 pages. This remarkable early New York legal manuscript contains page after page of handwritten proceedings, judgments, warrants, executions, costs, constable fees, jury proceedings, witness fees, adjournments, and other business of a local justice court. The surviving numbered pages shown extend well into the 140s, with numerous individual cases recorded throughout.
The book appears to have been maintained in connection with A. Little, Justice of the Peace, whose name or abbreviated form repeatedly appears in the proceedings. Entries are overwhelmingly dated 1816, including proceedings from March, April, May, June and later portions of the year.
The docket provides unusually detailed documentation of everyday civil and minor legal disputes in early 19th-century New York. Entries commonly record the names of plaintiffs and defendants, appearance of parties, pleas, jury or witness proceedings, amounts demanded, judgments, court costs, constable charges, subpoenas, executions issued and payments received.
Especially interesting are some of the more descriptive cases. One lengthy proceeding concerns an alleged trespass involving a log building, while another discusses a dispute involving a horse, with testimony and damages. Other entries concern contracts, debts, work performed, goods, warrants, bail and jury trials. These narrative passages offer considerably more historical information than a simple account ledger.
Numerous early Cayuga County-area residents are named throughout. Visible names include examples such as John Keeler, Jonathan Hussey, David Beardsley, Joshua Bennett, Ezekiel Hunt, David Thimble, George W. Kise/Kies, and many others. Spellings should be independently verified from the photographs. The volume could be particularly valuable for genealogy, local history, legal history, early New York research, and social/economic history, since many ordinary residents appearing in local court proceedings may be difficult to document elsewhere.
Also accompanying the book are several loose original legal papers and manuscript notes, apparently associated with the docket. Particularly noteworthy are early printed Cayuga County legal forms completed in manuscript. One is headed “CAYUGA COUNTY” and begins with the authority of the People of the State of New York. Another printed judgment/execution form states “Whereas Judgment has been rendered before me” and is identified as printed by J. Beardslee at the Patriot Office, Auburn. Other forms carry an Auburn printer\'s imprint, providing additional early New York printing interest. The loose material includes warrants/executions, financial calculations and handwritten court memoranda. All loose papers shown are included.
The final photographed portion contains a more substantial proceeding dated March 22, 1816, including sworn testimony and a finding that the defendant be bound to the County Court, with substantial monetary sureties recorded. This further indicates that the volume was not merely an accounting book but an active working judicial docket.
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
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