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Pierce County, Wisconsin, Circuit Court criminal and civil case files

• circa 1866-1934, 1962 (creation)

10 cubic feet (10 record center cartons)

Files of primarily criminal cases in Circuit Court including complaints, summonses, warrants, motions, appeals, judgments, and orders. Cases relate to criminal offenses such as murder, assault and battery, adultery, larceny, fornication, illegal liquor sales, vandalism, and gambling. The few civil suits involve monetary transactions and personal disputes including divorce. Criminal case files include #1-366, 468-839, 925, 1403, and 1441, roughly dated from 1866-1962 (bulk 1866-1930). Civil case files include #1-100 (circa 1866-?) and #5086, #7966, #8141-8171 (1916-1939).

Numerical by case file number.

COLLECTION STORED, ALL or IN-PART, AT ARC: Collection can be requested for transfer through the Area Research Center (ARC) Network, consult Reading Room Staff.

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright may have not been transferred to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-pier0163

Criminal Record (Pierce Series 20) indexes some criminal cases in this series.

All criminal case files have been indexed and are searchable by name only in the online Archives Records Search here: https://www3.uwrf.edu/ArchivesRecords/index.cfm

For further details on case files consult archives staff.

• Processing information: Added link to index, 2024-01-24, S. Edwards

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• Wisconsin -- Pierce County

• Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Pierce County) (creation)

• judicial records. divorce records.