Bail Records
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Vagrancy Docket, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1790-1815
Prisoners committed to the Walnut Street jail/prison for vagrancy, including runaway slaves, servants, and apprentices.
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Record Book of Ebenezer Ferguson, Justice of the Peace, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1799-1800
A "day book" recording the daily decisions of Ebenezer Ferguson, Justice of the Peace, relating to bail and pretrial detention, peace bonds, and adjudication of petty offenses.
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Court of Oyer & Terminer Docket, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1794-1807
Records of Courts of Oyer & Terminer, each constituted by one Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice and several judges from the Court of Quarter Sessions, which heard capital and other serious cases.
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Mayor’s Court Records, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1789-1810
Records of the Mayor's Court, which had jurisdiction to hear everyday criminal and civil cases arising in the city of Philadelphia.
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Court of Quarter Sessions Records, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1799-1800
Records of the Court of Quarter Sessions, which had jurisdiction over criminal and civil cases arising in Philadelphia County.
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Prison Society Minutes, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1785-1832
Meeting minutes and committee reports for the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Misery of Public Prisons, later known more simply as the Prison Society. The Society was a private charitable organization founded in…
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United States v. Ezekiel Teel (E.D. Pa., 1791): Recognizances
Recognizances from a federal criminal prosecution for assault on the high seas.
