Fondo General

This series is made up of the rest of the documents and judicial files that were not included in the Mining and Family series. It is important to note that this series also contains a large number of legal files relating to family law that were not included in the previous series. It also includes many cases related to debt collection, crimes against the public treasury, robbery, fraud, fights between neighbors, injuries, homicide and sexual crimes. Esta serie se compone de el resto de los documentos y expedientes judiciales que no fueron incluidos en la serie Minería y Familia. Es importante señalar que esta serie contiene también un gran número de expedientes legales relativos a derecho de familia que no fueron incluidos en la anterior serie. También, incluye muchos expedientes relativos a cobro de deudas, delitos contra el tesoro público, robo, estafa, riñas entre vecinos, heridas, homicidio y crímenes sexuales. Extent: 27 boxes containing 549 case files, handwritten; 14 include printed matter; 33 include drawings; 1 includes an object (small projectile). Size and dimensions of original material: Height 36 cm., width 22 cm. Arrangement: This series is composed of numbered boxes. The names of the boxes correspond to the range of years of production of the documents contained in them. Documents produced between 1860 and 1930 are found in deacidified folders for better preservation. The individual documents are identified with a small sheet of paper, which contains basic information about the parties involved in the case, the type of case, the year the process began, and the places mentioned. Original institution reference: Archivo Histórico del Juzgado del Circuito de Istmina, Fondo General.