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Justice Systems, Greene County NY

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Catskill: Adams and Watson Law Firm, 1837 - 1838

 File — Case MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 86
Scope and Contents File contains miscellaneous scrap papers and envelopes found in one of the registers of the Law Firm of Adams and Watson of Catskill.

Catskill: Courts, 1911

 File — Case MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 128
Scope and Contents File contains receipts for the incarceration of prisoners at the Albany County Penitentiary serving sentences of under one year for unnamed crimes.

Catskill: Croswell and Brace, 1820 - 1822

 File — Case MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 135
Scope and Contents File contains a two page account of expenses incurred by Greene County with the firm of Croswell and Brace of Catskill, seemingly for the expenses in treatment of prisoners at the County Jail.

Greene County Sheriff's Department Scrapbook

 Collection — Scrapbook Shelves
Identifier: Scrapbook 142
Scope and Contents Scrapbook contains a selection of newsclippings selected by the secretary and staff of the Greene County Sheriff's Office as being representative of the activities and notable events of the department subsequent to 1958 and proceeding until the early 1970s. Events of note include the arrest of Hayward Newcomb and a subsequent manhunt following his escape, as well as news related to the Greene County Jail and various other activities and expanded duties of the Sheriff's Office.

Pavlak Catskill Sports Scrapbook

 Item — Scrapbook Shelves
Identifier: Scrapbook 143
Scope and Contents This scrapbook contains a selection of news clippings and ephemera concerning the Catskill Babe Ruth League and local law enforcement. The majority of the clippings are of a column called "Pipeline" by "Timpav" from the Catskill Daily Mail, which Joseph Pavlak was managing editor of for six years subsequent to his time working for the paper as a reporter beginning in 1949. Various news items about Catskill are interspersed among local sports team clippings.

Record Books of Justice of the Peace Stephen Platt

 Collection — Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MSS 2019.0017
Scope and Contents Collection comprises two ledgers of cases heard and ruled on by Stephen Platt, Justice of the Peace for the Town of Freehold between 1792 and 1799. The cases within each ledger relate primarily to civil complaints, and the decisions rendered generally resulted in the payment of settlements. Both of the books are covered with a sheet of brown paper and bound with linen thread, though the first ledger has separated into two blocks.

Stephen Platt's Record Book for the Town of Freehold, 1792-1794

 Item — Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1221
Scope and Contents Item is a bound volume that contains the cases heard and decisions rendered by Justice of the Peace Stephen Platt at Freehold between 1792 and 1794.

Stephen Platt's Record Book for the Town of Freehold, 1797-1799

 Item — Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1222
Scope and Contents Item is a bound volume that contains the cases heard and decisions rendered by Justice of the Peace Stephen Platt at Freehold between 1797 and 1799.

The James C. Stevens Memorial Collection

 Collection — Box MSS Box 49
Identifier: MSS 2021.0021
Scope and Contents Collection comprises a selection of documents relating to the James Stevens line of the Stevens family of Greenville, NY. Included in the collection are miscellaneous papers related to fraternal orders and agricultural ventures as well as municpal and court papers which concerned the family. Of particular note is a Road Book listing the freeholders of various road districts in Greenville and the number of days labor they were required to contribute to the maintenance of the Town's roads. Also...