Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Umatilla County Records Inventory
Justice Court Case Files
1908-1940
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 Oregon State Archives:
Misc. [Justice Court Case Files-Freewater District],
1915, 1925 (.05 cu.ft.);
Misc. [Justice Court Case Files-Pendleton District],
1909-1920 (.05 cu.ft.);
Misc. [Justice Court Case Files-Stanfield District],
1913-1914 (.05 cu.ft.).
Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:
Justice Court [Miscellaneous Documents], 1908-1937 (.10 cu.ft.);
Justice Court Transcripts-trifolded], 1909 (.10 cu.ft.);
Old Delinquent Files and Miscellaneous Papers [Justice
Court Case Files], 1909-1940 (1.50 cu.ft.).
Records at the Umatilla County Criminal Justice Center, Sheriff's Archives Room:
Letters [Justice Court Commitment After Conviction
Records], ca.1923-1939 (.30 cu.ft.).