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From: "Phil Van Camp" <>
Subject: Re: Old Prison Records
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 11:51:05 -0700
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The police dept. records are commonly (not always) destroyed after seven
years. Court records ditto unless there is an appeal.
You'd need to first determine the agency that arrested him, & the actual
charge.
If Pittsburgh had it's own PD back then, he might have been arrested by
them, if not then maybe by the Sheriff's Office. I say maybe since the
investigation may have started in some other jurisdiction (city or S.O. ) &
they could have arrested him & booked him for trial in their jurisdiction.
It could also have been a federal violation with a federal arrest.
I would suggest the best start would be to get access ( direct or
microfilm ) to a newspaper for the area / time & see if the incident was
reported. Next would be to check the indexes for the municipal & superior
courts. They may be at the court, or some archive location. Was he only
jailed until the trial, or was he sentenced to some prison time ? Some
searchers have had luck with the State Archives for State Prison records.
If it was a Federal Case, you need someone who knows more than I do.
Phil

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Subject: Re: Old Prison Records


> Good morning,
>
> I have the same question for a grandfather that disappears in CA
supposedly
> for selling drugs around 194-1950. He lived in Contra Costa County in
> Pittsburg and had a barber shop there where he supposedly sold drugs out
of
> and rumor has it he was arrested and sent to jail. Where would he have
gone
> to jail at and how do I get the records for this?
>
> Thanks for any one and everyone's help.
>
> Cheryl Davis-Holman
>
>
> Researching....... Davis, Vogt/Fite, Duncan, Laurance, Scott of TN
> Wilson, Saylors/Sailus of Ireland/Scotland/GA
> Holman, Walter, Meador of Missouri/CA
> Crespo, Sanchez, Martinez, Garcia of Spain/CA
>
>
>

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