INDEX TO JUVENILE JUSTICE: 1880-1902 Iosco County, Michigan ********************************************************************** March 27 2005 Copyright c2005 by the Huron Shores Genealogical Society (HSGS), c/o the Robert J Parks Public Library, 6010 N Skeel Ave, Oscoda MI 48750, 989-739-9581. This index was prepared by the Huron Shores Genealogical Society. The indexing, editing and publication were done by Alonzo J Sherman of Oscoda Michigan. There are 14 names in this index. The Original Docket is titled: Criminal Docket 1880-1901 Baldwin Township [Iosco County Michigan].454 pages (pages 1-2 & 201-206 have been torn out), Also included in the document are many cases by the Justice of the Peace for the Village of East Tawas: It appears these were written in this docket where space existed below the cases that had previously written by the Baldwin Township Justices. Pages 201-206 have been torn out of this docket. Pages 327-328 and 330-454 were not used. The original docket is located in the Iosco County Historical Society, 405 W Bay St (US-23), East Tawas MI 48730, 989-362-8911. This docket describes the legal procedures of the cases, but is not a transcript of the proceedings or trial. Persons mentioned in this docket could have lived anywhere in Iosco County, not just in Baldwin Township. Several cases were bound over to the Circuit court. For more information about these write directly to the County Clerk, Iosco County, 422 E Lake St (US-23), Tawas City MI 48764, 989-362-3497, . Some hand writing in this book is so poor it is nearly impossible to read: Consequently the accuracy of these entries must be questioned closely by the user of this index. When several spellings were possible, and a consensus of several indexers could not be reached, all varient spellings are included in the index. Format of this index: 1. Name of juveniles in this docket. 2. Year 3. Charge and Sentence 4. Date and page number (Pages numbers with an "a" or "b" suffix is the second or third cases on that page). A copy of an original case is available for $4.00 each, post paid. Send your order, and a check made out to the Iosco County Historical Society, 405 W Bay St (US-23), PO Box 144, East Tawas, MI 48730, 989- 362-8911. Compiler: Alonzo J Sherman, Database Manager. ********************************************************************** Name Year Charge & Sentence Docket/Pg ********************************************************************** B Brown, William Age not given 1899 Larceny of a bicycle valued 1880-1902 at $24. Would not enter a plea, p301 so court entered plea of not guilty. Later pleaded guilty. Suspended sentence for six months (the sentence was not given). C Colden, Edward Age 11 1901 Larceny of $2. Plaintiff was 1880-1902 his grandfather. Pleaded guilty. p329 Sentenced to the Industrial School for Boys in Lansing until age 17 Cook, David Age 13 1894 Juvenile Disorderly (Plaintiff 1880-1902 was his father). Pleaded not p209 guilty. Sentenced to the Industrial School at Lansing until age 17. 1880-1902 E Ervin, Guy Age 14 1894 Stealing $6.65 from a store. 1880-1902 Pleaded guilty. Sentenced to p178a the Industrial School in Lansing until age 17 years F Fortior, Edward Age 11 1898 Larceny $20 from his mother. 1880-1902 Pleaded guilty. Sentence p279 to the Industrial School for Boys at Lansing until age 17. M McMahon, James Edward Age 12 1894 Being a juvenile disorderly 1880-1902 (Plaintiff was his father) p211 Would not enter a plea, so court entered plea of not guilty. Sentenced to the Industrial School for boys at Lansing until age 17. Melville, Charles Age not given 1898 Assault & battery. Pleaded not 1880-1902 guilty. Jury entered a guilty p268-269 verdict. Suspended sentence. R Russell, Emma Age not given 1900 Larceny of 50 cents. Pleaded 1880-1902 guilty. Sentence to the Reform p305a School for Girls. S Shaw, Frederick Age 12 1898 Assault & battery. Pleaded not 1880-1902 guilty. Jury entered a guilty p268-269 verdict. Sentenced to Industrial School in Lansing until age 17. Sims, Willy Age 14 1894 Assault & Battery on a 12 years 1880-1902 old girl. Would not enter a p227 plea, so court entered plea of not guilty. Boy returned to charge of his father. Stewart, Robert Age not given 1900 Assault & battery on a teacher. 1880-1902 Pleaded not guilty. Trail date p313 set. No additional records. T Teifer, Martha Age 10 1896 Disorderly person at school. 1880-1902 Pleaded not guilty, then after p254 jury was selected she pleaded guilty. Suspended sentence and warned her to behave. Trumbull, Cora Age 13 1895 Larceny over $10.00. No record 1880-1902 of plea. Jury found her not p234 guilty. Trumbull, Cora Bell Age 14 1895 Larceny- cotton cloth vale of 1880-1902 50 cents. Pleaded guilty. p253 Sentenced to Girls Reformatory School at Adrian until age 21. ********************************************************************** MIGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed MIGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the MIGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. **********************************************************************