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JAIL RECORDS OF QUAY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
JAIL RECORDS OF QUAY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
Partly-printed document, 2pp. folio, Quay County, N.M., June 30, 1905 to Dec. 24, 1907 and July 24, 1926 to July 25, 1926 to Jan 4, 1930. Each ledger sheet lists the name of the prisoner, the date committed (and by whom), the nature of the offence, jail term, date of discharge and miscellaneous remarks. Offences in the 1905-07 sheet include adultery, fighting in public, carrying a deadly weapon, assault, drunk and disorderly, murder, "Hobo", forgery, vagrancy, and larceny. The sheet for 1926 - 30 includes transport of liquor, car theft, bad checks, "Booze", illegal stills, illegal immigration, "Insanity" and of course, numerous drunk and disorderly individuals. A fascinating look into the darker side of small town life in rural New Mexico.

Estimate: $100 - 150.

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