New Haven County Superior Court Case Identification Documents
Version: 4 (current) | Updated: 12/4/2025, 3:18:02 PM
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Description
New Haven County Superior Court Case Identification Documents
Overview
This is a digital collection of case‑identification records from the New Haven County Superior Court, assembled for the Connecticut State Library. The materials span the 18th‑century period (1700‑1899) and are presented in English. They comprise formal case titles, parties, and associated judgment documents, with a particular focus on cases involving Black, African American, and Indigenous individuals. The collection is part of the NHSC BAAI Cases Papers subject index, which assigns controlled subject terms to each record.Background
The New Haven County Superior Court produced the original case files, which were later digitized and catalogued by the Connecticut State Library as part of the “Black, African American, and Indigenous History” (BAAI) retrospective project. The project aims to surface and index court records that illuminate the legal experiences of marginalized communities in Connecticut. The collection is held in the public domain and is accessible through the library’s online portal.Contents
- Case Identification Documents: Formal case titles, dates, and party names.
- Judgment Records: PDF or image files of court judgments.
- Example Case: “Hampton vs Martineze” – a 19th‑century case involving an execution, with an accompanying JPEG image of the judgment (RG003NHSCBAAIPSExecutionsHamptonvsMartinClarkJudgment_002.jpg).
- Subject‑Index Field: Each record is linked to the NHSC BAAI Cases Papers subject field, providing controlled vocabulary such as “executions,” “judgments,” and “Black, African American, and Indigenous history.”
Scope
The collection covers legal documents from 1700 to 1899, all originating in New Haven, Connecticut. It includes only case‑identification records and their associated judgments that involve Black, African American, or Indigenous parties. Records outside this temporal or geographic window, or those unrelated to the BAAI focus, are excluded. The collection is a valuable resource for scholars of legal history, civil‑rights studies, genealogy, and the broader social history of Connecticut’s marginalized populations.Entities
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Raw Cheimarros Data
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RG003_NHSC_BAAI_PS_Executions_HamptonvsMartinClark_Judgment_002.jpgJPEG
OCR Text
Hampton vs Martineze With Truval & Att.
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