Series 4607
Bingham Canyon (Utah) Police arrest register
Dates: 1908-1917, 1932-1938.
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Historical Note
An agency history is available.
Scope and Content
This series is one volume of police arrest information. It was created in order to maintain a history of arrests in the Town of Bingham Canyon. The pages in this volume have spaces for the date of arrest, name of prisoner, offence alleged, name of arresting officer, and remarks. The remarks column usually contains information on the disposition of the case (e.g., release, amounts of fines imposed, etc.). In addition to arrest information, this volume contains a list of stolen cars on page 296 and a list of thefts in 1938 on page 219.
Arrangement
Chronological by date of arrest.
Research Note
Some additional entries are made on pages 294, 298, and 300 of the volume. These entries are out of order.
Related Records
Justice of the Peace criminal dockets from Bingham Canyon (Utah), Series 4589, can provide additional information about the disposition of a given case.
Justice of the Peace cash books from Bingham Canyon (Utah), Series 17459.
Justice of the Peace criminal minute books from Bingham Canyon (Utah), Series 17460, contain further information on court proceedings.
Access Restrictions
This series is classified as Public.
Preferred Citation
Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.
Gaps in Series
Pages 100-141 are missing. This may account for the jump from 1917 to 1932.
Processing Note
This series was processed by Paul G. C. Smith in 1996. The series was filmed in May 1996, and the originals were destroyed.
Indexing Terms
- Police—Utah—Bingham Canyon.
- Crime—Utah—Bingham Canyon.
- Criminal procedure—Utah—Bingham Canyon.
- Arrest (Police methods).
- Prisoners—Utah—Bingham Canyon.
- Bingham Canyon—Criminal registers—1907-1917; 1932-1938.
Page Last Updated October 18, 2012.