Witness Docket Court Common Pleas (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Folio ledger book with 314 pp. of handwritten entries in ink, documenting the witnesses subpeonaed and appearing for trials before the Crawford County Court of Common Pleas. Information includes the name of each trial, the name of each witness, evidence of the subpeona process, the number of days a witness appeared and amounts paid. Witnesses for each trial are categorized as those appearing for the plaintiff or the defendant. Some later entries in 1841 and 1842 also document the attorneys of record. Bound in 3/4 sheepskin with marbled paper boards and a leather label on spine. This witness docket covers a decade of early Ohio legal history, documenting a key aspect of the trial process - both civil and criminal. Hundreds of names appear, including members of the prominent Zane family and one mention of "Doctor Grey Eyes" who presumably was a native American. Also, there is a record of witnesses called in two 1842 trials involving attempted rape. Binding worn with tears to the spine. Hinge broken. Handwritten entries are clean and legible.