Title Info: Pierce County Sheriff, Jail Register, 1895-1904

These records are from the Jail Register of prisoners of the Pierce County Sheriff, confined from 1895 through 1904. The register shows name, date committed, offence, sentence, age, height, sex, race, education, religious instruction, trade or occupation, physical condition, and date of discharge, parole or escape. Prisoners highlighted within this volume include offenders of the Chinese Exclusion Act, the only two murderers hung at the Pierce County Courthouse, and various other Territorial crimes.

Jail Registers are a summary record in some form of each person committed to a jail showing at a minimum; the name and gender of the person, intake number thereon for their commitment or confinement, and the date of their release or transfer. The records in this collection are indexed by name, where convicted, receipt date, and offence.