Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Sherman County Records Inventory
Justice Court Case Files
1892-1940
Series documents criminal and civil cases brought before the courts of the justices of the peace. Records include grand jury indictments, complaints, judgments by confession, transcripts of judgment entries and dockets, statements of witnesses, arrest warrants, subpoenas, bills for court costs and fees, petitions for appointment of justices of the peace and constables, petitions establishing justice districts, and marriage records. Cases heard include disturbing the peace, illegal liquor sales, assault, larceny, trespassing, fraud, vagrancy, and burglary. Justice court records have been inventoried through 1940. For information on more recent records, contact the local justice court.
Records at the Sherman County Court, Clerk's Vault:
Justice Court [Case Files-District no. 2], 1923-1932
(.25 cu.ft.);
[Miscellaneous Justice Court Documents], ca.1916-ca.1923
(.50 cu.ft.);
T [Justice Court Transcripts], 1892-1910 (.15 cu.ft.);
Transcripts of Judgments [includes Justice Court],
1934-1940 (.05 cu.ft.).
Records at the Sherman County Courthouse, Basement Vault:
Historical Value [Justice Court Case Files-District no.
2-3], 1893-1910 (.50 cu.ft.).