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These series are dockets and transcripts of dockets of judgments that had been filed by the clerks of the Supreme Court at New York City, Albany, Utica, and Geneva. Each docket entry gives the following summary information about a case: name of party against whom judgment has been obtained, name of party in whose favor judgment has been obtained, amount of debt, amount of damages and costs, date and hour of filing judgment roll, name of attorney for losing party, and date of satisfaction, if any. The entries are alphabetical by first letter of last name of Losing party, then chronological by date (and sometimes hour) of filing. The clerk prepared a docket for each term. The transcripts of dockets were compiled either each term or semimonthly and the transcripts were forwarded to the other clerks. The transcripts now in the State Archives are evidently those received by the Supreme Court clerk at Albany. The only index to the dockets and transcripts of dockets is J0l42 "Docket Index," 1829-35. The transcripts were made and their contents certified as to accuracy by the clerk of the court, pursuant to Laws of 1798, Chap. 108. This act required that the transcripts be compiled back to April 22, 1797.
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| J0131 |
Docket of Judgments (New York), 1797-1810. 4 vols.
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| J0132 |
Transcripts of Docket of Judgments (New York), 1809-47. 11 vols.
Through 1829 the transcripts were compiled each term. Starting in 1830 they were compiled semimonthly. The New York County Clerk's Office has a card index to judgments, arranged by plaintiff, for the years 1799 to 1847. That office also has the original docket of judgments kept by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature at New York City.
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| J0141 |
Docket of Judgments (Albany), 1797-1847. 28 vols.
The Albany dockets were compiled for several years at a time; there is a volume list available.
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| J1141 |
Transcripts of Dockets of Judgments (Albany), 1808, 1810-1811. 4 items.
This is a fragmentary series. The four unbound fascicles cover the periods August through November 1808, May through August 1810, February through May 1811, and May through August 1811.
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| J0135 |
Transcripts of Dockets of Judgments (Utica), 1807-47. 14 vols.
Through 1829 the transcripts were compiled for each term; starting in 1830 they were compiled semimonthly. The Oneida County Clerk's Office in Utica holds the original docket of judgments kept by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Utica.
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| J0138 |
Transcripts of Dockets of Judgments (Geneva), 1807-47. 9 vols.
The Geneva transcripts were compiled semimonthly. The Ontario County Clerk's Office in Canandaigua holds the original docket of judgments kept by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Geneva.
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| J0142 |
Index to Dockets of Judgments (Albany, Utica, Geneva, New York), 1829-35. 3 vols.
This series is an index to losing parties in judgments rendered by the Supreme Court of Judicature. The names of judgment debtors are entered in alphabetical order, and following each name are the dates of judgments against him. Following the date is the letter "U", "G", or "N", standing for judgments filed at Utica, Geneva, or New York, respectively. If there is no letter, the judgment roll was filed at Albany. Corporations are listed under "The." This series was evidently compiled from J0l41 Docket of Judgments (Albany), and J0l32, J0135, and J0l38 Transcripts of Dockets of Judgments (New York, Utica, and Geneva). It serves as an index to the judgment debtors listed in those volumes and to the judgment rolls themselves for the years 1829 through 1835.
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| J6013 |
Transcripts of Judgments in U.S. District and Circuit Courts (Albany, Utica, Geneva), 1831-36. .2 cu. ft.
This series consists of transcripts from dockets of judgments in the United States Circuit Court and District Court for the Southern District of New York. The transcripts vary in format, but all entries give the names of the losing and winning parties, the amount of judgment and costs, the date of filing and docketing the judgment, and the filing attorney's name. Each transcript bears the certificate of the clark of the United States court that the transcript is correct. most of the transcripts are copies forwarded to the clerks of the Supreme Court at Utica and Geneva, but some appear to be the originals sent to Albany. These transcripts were made and submitted pursuant to the Revised Statutes of 1829, Part III, Chap. 8, Title 17, Sections 38-42.
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Writ of Capias ad Satisfaciendum, 1813. The writ orders the Onondaga County sheriff to arrest a judgment debtor. On the reverse of the writ the sheriff states that he "took into custody" (cepi in custodia) the defendant, who remained in jail until the debt was paid. Imprisonment of judgment debtors was abolished in 1831. (Series J0024 Writs of Execution [Albany].) |
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Transcripts of Dockets of Judgments in U.S. District and Circuit Courts, 1830-36. 1 vol.
This volume contains entries of judgments against parties to actions in the United States District and Circuit Courts in New York State. Each entry gives the names of the judgment debtor and creditor; how the judgment was obtained; amounts of debt, damages, and costs; time of filing and docketing judgment; name of filing attorney; name of court in which the judgment was obtained (U.S. District Court, Northern or Southern District of New York; or U.S. Circuit Court) and date of satisfaction, if any. The entries are alphabetical by first letter of last name of losing party, then chronological by date of docketing judgment. There is no index.
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| J0074 |
Transcripts of Chancery Decrees (Albany, Utica, Geneva), 1830-47. 4.2 cu. ft.
This series consists of transcripts of decrees docketed in the Court of Chancery and its circuits. Each entry gives the name of the person against whom the decree was rendered; his residence; the amount of debt, damages, costs, or other sums decreed; the date and hour of docketing the decree; the names of the parties to the suit; and the date when the decree was discharged, reversed, or vacated. Each document is signed by the clerk, register, or assistant register from whose docket the entry was copied. Documents filed with the clerks at Albany, Utica, and Geneva are found in this series. Some are bundled by year, and others are disarranged. Not all years are present for each office. Winning parties in chancery suits could on payment of a fee have the decrees in their favor docketed and transcripts of the docket entries sent to the clerks of the Supreme Court for filing, pursuant to Revised Statutes of 1829, Part III, Chap. 1, Title 2, Art. 3, Sections 94-95.
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