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Founding-era Bail Practice

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Bail Records, Featured, Pennsylvania

Prisoners for Trial Docket, Walnut St. Jail, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1790-1802

Docket of untried prisoners held at the Walnut Street Jail, with a ledger of prisoners' names, commitment date, ground for commitment, date of discharge (if any), and responsible magistrate.

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March 11, 2022
Bail Records, Featured

United States v. Ezekiel Teel (E.D. Pa., 1791): Recognizances

Recognizances from a federal criminal prosecution for assault on the high seas.

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February 11, 2022
Bail Records, Featured, South Carolina

Sample Peace Bonds from Camden District, South Carolina, 1786-1799

Bonds to keep the peace and remain of good behavior, occasionally with a condition to appear at court, from Camden, South Carolina.

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April 30, 2024
  • New York City Justice of the Peace Minutes, 1799-1813

    Personal ledgers of two justices of the peace in New York City, Theophilies Beekman and Jacob De La Montaigne.

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  • New York City Police Court Register of Felonies, 1810-1820

    Register of felonies charged with a description of the case, made by the New York City Police Court.

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  • New York City Police Watch Returns, 1807-1814

    Lists of arrestees, prosecuting complainants, and witnesses made by the New York City police watch.

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  • Superior and Inferior County Court Minutes, Georgia, 1790-1820

    Links to Georgia's Virtual Vault, which hosts digital scans of every county's extant superior court and inferior court minutes.

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  • Sample Recognizances from Charleston County, South Carolina, 1823-1832

    Criminal recognizance bonds. Although they post-date the Founding era by a decade or so, many bonds appear on printed forms that remained unchanged from the mid-eighteenth century.

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  • General Sessions Journals, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 1804-1811

    Journals from the General Sessions county court, which had jurisdiction over criminal matters.

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  • Sample Peace Bonds from Camden District, South Carolina, 1786-1799

    Bonds to keep the peace and remain of good behavior, occasionally with a condition to appear at court, from Camden, South Carolina.

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  • Sample Scire Facias Writs & Returns from Kershaw County, South Carolina, 1800-1811

    Writs and returns offering excuses for forfeited criminal bail bonds.

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  • Statutes at Large for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1682-1801

    A transcription of all legislation referencing "bail" in Pennsylvania from the colonial founding of the Commonwealth in 1682 to the year 1801.

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  • Prisoners for Trial Docket, Walnut St. Jail, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1790-1802

    Docket of untried prisoners held at the Walnut Street Jail, with a ledger of prisoners' names, commitment date, ground for commitment, date of discharge (if any), and responsible magistrate.

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