The following is an inventory of the minute books, docket books, and other miscellaneous volumes for the various criminal courts for Orleans Parish housed in the City Archives. The Archives also has the individual case files for these courts.

VMZ300
1830-1846

Louisiana. Criminal Court of the First District (Orleans Parish)

Minute Books, 1830-1846

v. 1 2/1/1830 - 1/25/1832
v. 2 2/6/1832 - 10/30/1835
v. 3 5/25/1840 - 6/4/1840 [fragment filed in rear of volume 4]
v. 4 11/29/1841 - 12/31/1842
v. 5 1/2/1843 - 11/25/1843
v. 6 3/3/1845 - 4/18/1846
v. 7 4/20/1846 - 6/22/1846

VSA300
1846-1880

Louisiana. First District Court (Orleans Parish)

Minute Books, 1846-1880.

v. 1 6/22/1846 - 2/29/1847 [actually 2/27/1847]
v. 2 3/1/1847 - 11/16/1847
v. 3 11/17/1847 - 4/14/1848
v. 4 11/13/1848 - 11/18/1848 and 3/13/1849 [fragment] - 3/17/1849 [fragment]
v. 5 4/3/1849 - 11/28/1849
v. 6 11/30/1849 - 6/1/1850
v. 7 6/3/1850 - 3/8/1851
v. 8 11/1/1851 - 6/15/1852
v. 9 5/18/1859 - 11/26/1860
v. 10 9/28/1861 - 11/5/1863
v. 11 11/5/1863 - 6/18/1864
v. 12 6/20/1864 - 6/19/1864
v. 13 6/20/1865 - 7/2/1866
v. 14 7/16/1866 - 3/22/1867
v. 15 3/23/1867 - 2/17/1868
v. 16 2/18/1868 - 8/10/1868
v. 17 8/11/1868 - 1/20/1869
v. 18 1/21/1869 - 7/12/1869
v. 19 7/13/1869 - 2/7/1870
v. 20 2/8/1870 - 7/23/1870
v. 21 7/25/1870 - 1/3/1871
v. 22 1/3/1871 - 6/8/1871
v. 23 6/9/1871 - 11/4/1871
v. 24 11/4/1871 - 3/8/1872
v. 25 3/9/1872 - 7/2/1872
v. 26 7/3/1872 - 10/26/1872
v. 27 10/26/1872 - 2/20/1873
v. 28 2/21/1873 - 6/23/1873
v. 29 6/23/1873 - 10/14/1873
v. 30 10/15/1973 - 3/18/1874
v. 31 3/19/1874 - 8/14/1874
v. 32 8/17/1874 - 3/15/1875
v. 33 3/16/1875 - 10/9/1875
v. 34 10/11/1875 - 4/25/1876
v. 35 4/26/1876 - 1/31/1877
v. 36 2/1/1877 - 1/22/1878
v. 37 5/15/1879 - 7/30/1880

VSA350
1846-1880

Louisiana. First District Court (Orleans Parish)

General dockets, 1846-1880. (Now available on microfilm.)

v. 1 6/24/1846 - 2/7/1850 (#1 - 4665) Index missing
v. 2 2/7/1850 - 12/24/1856 (#4666 - 12588) Index missing
v. 3 1/7/1857 - 1/6/1865 (#12589 - 16369) Index missing
v. 4 1/10/1865 - 9/6/1870 (#16370 - 2322 [numbers start over])
v. 5 9/6/1870 - 6/5/1873 (#2323 - 5461)
v. 6 6/5/1873 - 9/24/1878 (#5462 - 10495) Index missing
v. 7 9/25/1878 - 7/31/1880 (#10496 - 11522) Index missing

Louisiana. Superior Criminal Court (Orleans Parish)

Minute Books, 1874-1880

VSZ300
1874-1880

v. 1 10/5/1874 - 2/23/1875
v. 2 7/5/1875 - 3/7/1876
v. 3 7/5/1875 - 12/28/1876
v. 4 1/10/1877 [frag.] - 10/31/1877 [frag.]
v. 5 11/21/1877 - 5/23/1878
v. 6 5/24/1878 - 1/25/1879
v. 7 1/27/1879 - 12/6/1879
v. 8 12/8/1879 - 7/30/1880

VSZ350i
1874-1880

Louisiana. Superior Criminal Court (Orleans Parish)

Index to general docket, 1874-1880.

v. 1 4/15/1874 - 7/29/1880

Louisiana. Criminal District Court (Orleans Parish)

Minute books, 1881-1933

VLA300
1881-1932

Section A

v. 1 5/9/1881 - 4/21/1882
v. 2 4/22/1882 - 6/13/1883
v. 3 6/14/1883 - 9/30/1884
v. 4 10/1/1884 - 12/23/1885
v. 5 12/24/1885 - 9/1/1887
v. 6 9/1/1887 - 11/30/1888
v. 8 12/8/1888 - 12/27/1889
v. 9 12/30/1889 - 12/30/1890
v. 10 7/22/1892 - 11/11/1893
v. 11 11/13/1893 - 3/20/1895
v. 12 3/21/1895 - 6/11/1896
v. 13 6/12/1896 - 9/20/1897
v. 14 9/21/1897 - 12/8/1898
v. 15 12/12/1898 - 10/4/1900
v. 16 10/5/1900 - 3/14/1902
v. 17 3/18/1902 - 5/17/1904
v. 18 5/18/1904 - 12/21/1906
v. 19 12/24/1906 - 12/23/1907
v. 20 1/3/1908 - 10/19/1909
v. 21 10/20/1909 - 3/10/1911
v. 22 3/13/1911 - 10/11/1912
v. 23 10/15/1912 - 2/13/1914
v. 24 2/17/1914 - 5/21/1915
v. 25 5/24/1916 - 2/23/1917
v. 26 2/27/1917 - 2/12/1919
v. 27 2/12/1919 - 8/19/1920
v. 28 8/19/1920 - 9/6/1921
v. 29 4/12/1922 - 4/10/1923
v. 30 4/10/1923 - 6/4/1924
v. 31 6/5/1924 - 6/30/1925
v. 32 1/17/1930 - 4/26/1932

VLB300
1882-1933

Section B

v. 1 8/1/1882 - 10/31/1883
v. 2 11/1/1883 - 12/11/1884
v. 3 12/12/1884 - 12/31/1885
v. 4 1/2/1886 - 3/3/1887
v. 5 3/7/1887 - 8/13/1888
v. 6 8/14/1888 - 1/9/1890
v. 7 1/10/1890 - 5/12/1891
v. 8 5/13/1891 - 9/26/1892
v. 9 9/27/1892 - 12/1/1893
v. 10 12/4/1893 - 1/29/1895
v. 11 1/30/1895 - 3/13/1896
v. 12 3/13/1896 - 5/10/1897
v. 13 5/11/1897 - 8/24/1898
v. 14 8/25/1898 - 6/25/1900
v. 15 6/25/1900 - 3/21/1902
v. 16 12/2/1904 - 12/11/1907
v. 17 12/13/1907 - 5/20/1910
v. 18 9/6/1910 - 8/30/1912
v. 20 12/2/1912 - 5/28/1915
v. 21 9/17/1915 - 7/11/1918
v. 22 7/12/1918 - 9/30/1920
v. 23 10/1/1920 - 4/11/1922
v. 24 10/3/1921 - 8/6/1923
v. 25 10/29/1923 - 7/31/1925
v. 26 10/19/1925 - 7/28/1927
v. 27 10/17/1927 - 9/3/1929
v. 28 10/1/1929 - 8/10/1931
v. 29 9/30/1931 - 8/3/1933

VLD300
1921-1932

Section D

v. 1 12/19/1922 - 12/7/1923
v. 2 12/10/1922 - 8/7/1924
v. 3 9/8/1924 - 7/1/1925
v. 4 7/2/1925 - 9/27/1926
v. 5 9/28/1926 - 2/14/1928
v. 6 2/15/1928 - 4/26/1929
v. 7 4/29/1929 - 6/5/1930
v. 8 6/6/1930 - 6/15/1931
v. 9 8/17/1931 - 8/23/1932

VLE300
1921-1932

Section E

v. 1 12/27/1921 - 7/3/1923
v. 2 9/4/1923 - 10/2/1924
v. 3 10/3/1924 - 7/1/1925
v. 4 9/1/1925 - 8/10/1927
v. 5 10/17/1927 - 1/23/1929
v. 6 1/23/1929 - 3/14/1930
v. 7 3/17/1930 - 4/7/1931
v. 8 4/8/1931 - 2/29/1932

VL350
1880-1918

Louisiana. Criminal District Court (Orleans Parish)

General dockets, 1880-1918.

v. 1 8/3/1880 - 11/3/1884 (#1 - 5442)
v. 2 11/13/1884 - 12/28/1888 (#5444 - 11641)
v. 3 1/2/1889 - 12/20/1892 (#11642 - 19724 1/2)
v. 4 12/22/1892 - 9/4/1896 (#19725 - 25315)
v. 5 9/4/1896 - 3/21/1900 (#25316 - 29616)
v. 6 3/22/1900 - 4/20/1904 (#29617 - 33434)
v. 7 4/20/1904 - 12/31/1908 (#33435 - 36819)
v. 8 1/2/1909 - 9/30/1912 (#36820 - 40556)
v. 9 10/4/1912 - 3/31/1915 (#40557 - 43964)
v.10 4/3/1915 - 6/19/1918 (#43965 - 47600)

Louisiana. Criminal District Court (Orleans Parish)

Docket Books, 1921-1933

Section A

v. 1 10/3/1921 - 9/1/22 (#1 - 8979)
v. 2 9/2/1922 - 9/17/1923 (#8998 - 17370)
v. 3 9/17/1923 - 12/24/1924 (#17472 - 26961)
v. 4 12/26/1924 - 11/3/1926 (#26968 - 358460)
v. 5 11/4/1926 - 9/10/1928 (#35854 - 45224)
v. 6 8/1/1928 - 4/1/1930 (#44606 - 53270)
v. 7 3/31/1930 - 11/30/1931 (#53256 - 59974)
v. 8 11/3/1931 - 8/7/1933 (#62127 - 70671)

VLB350
1921-1932

Section B

v. 1 10/11/1921 - 9/30/1922 (#198 - 9496)
v. 2 10/2/1922 - 11/15/1923 (#9508 - 18777)
v. 3 11/15/1923 - 2/25/1925 (#18778 - 27895)
v. 4 2/25/2925 - 2/28/1927 (#27903 - 37497)
v. 5 3/2/1927 - 12/10/1928 (#37500 - 46300)
v. 6 12/11/1928 - 8/25/1930 (#46311 - 55446)
v. 7 8/26/1930 - 2/29/1932 (#55447 - 63932)

VLC350
1921-1933

Section C

v. 1 10/3/1921 - 9/7/1922 (#46-9104)
v. 2 9/8/1922 - 8/25/1923 (#9106 - 16800)
v. 3 8/27/1923 - 11/3/1924 (#16820 - 25997)
v. 4 11/3/1924 - 10/11/1926 (#25998 - 35557)
v. 5 10/13/1926 - 7/17/1928 (#35566 - 44339)
v. 6 7/17/1928 - 4/2/1930 (#44347 - 53279)
v. 7 4/3/1930 - 11/21/1931 (#53281 - 62424)
v. 8 11/23/1931 - 10/4/1933 (#62440 - 71594) Index missing

VLD350
1922-1932

Section D

v. 1 8/31/1922 - 10/30/1923 (#8955 - 18420)
v. 2 10/30/1923 - 4/13/1925 (#18421 - 28631)
v. 3 4/14/1925 - 5/23/1927 (#28635 - 38711)
v. 4 5/23/1927 - 3/14/1929 (#38697 - 47797) Index missing
v. 5 3/15/1929 - 12/10/1930 (#47801 - 57001)
v. 6 12/10/1930 - 8/15/1932 (#56989 - 66243) Index missing

VLE350
1921-1932

Section E

v. 1 10/3/1921 - 11/2/1922 (#13-10148) Index missing
v. 2 11/2/1922 - 12/24/1923 (#10150 - 19541)
v. 3 12/24/1923 - 4/22/1925 (#19544 - 28740)
v. 4 4/22/1925 - 3/2/1927 (#28747 - 37542)
v. 5 3/2/1927 - 11/19/1928 (#37544 - 46060)
v. 6 11/19/1928 - 8/7/1930 (#46065 - 55169)
v. 7 8/8/1930 - 2/17/1932 Index missing

VL415
1884-1930

Louisiana. Criminal District Court (Orleans Parish)

Record of conviction, acquital, and nolle prosequie, 1884-1930.

v. 1 6/1884 - 12/1892
v. 2 12/1892 - 12/1896
v. 3 12/1896 - 1/1904
v. 4 9/1910 - 3/1915
v. 5 4/1915 - 6/1920
v. 6 6/1920 - 3/1922
v. 7 3/1922 - 12/1922
v. 8 12/1922 - 5/1923
v. 9 5/1923 - 2/1924
v.10 2/1924 - 11/1924
v.11 11/1924 - 4/1925
v.12 4/1925 - 2/1926
v.13 4/1926 - 6/1927
v.14 6/1927 - 5/1928
v.15 3/1929 - 1/1930

VQA300
1908-1921

Louisiana. First City Criminal Court (New Orleans)

Minute Books, 1908-1921

v. 1 12/8/1908 - 2/24/1910
v. 2 2/25/1910 - 5/16/1911
v. 3 5/27/1911 - 10/4/1912
v. 4 10/1/1912 - 12/31/1913
v. 5 1/2/1914 - 3/16/1915
v. 6 3/17/1915 - 6/22/1916
v. 7 6/23/1916 - 12/8/1917
v. 8 12/10/1917 - 6/24/1919
v. 9 6/25/1919 - 4/21/1921
v. 10 4/22/1921 - 10/1/1921

VQA350
1901-1921

Louisiana. First City Criminal Court (New Orleans)

General dockets, 1901-1921

v. 1 9/2/1901 - 12/16/1904 (#4253 - 9631) Index missing
v. 2 12/17/1904 - 7/1/1907 (#9632 - 16920)
v. 3 7/1/1907 - 9/10/1909 (#16921 - 22322)
v. 4 9/11/1909 - 11/23/1911 (#22323 - 27707)
v. 5 11/23/1911 - 10/29/1913 (#27708 - 33289)
v. 6 10/30/1913 - 9/21/1915 (#33290 - 39101) Index missing
v. 7 9/22/1915 - 7/16/1917 (#39102 - 45044) Index missing
v. 8 7/16/1917 - 11/20/1919 (#45045 - 50987) Index missing
v. 9 11/20/1919 - 10/1/1921 (#50988 - 56865) Index missing

VQB300
1898-1918

Louisiana. Second City Criminal Court (New Orleans)

Minute Books, 1898-1918

v. 1 12/15/1898 - 4/13/1903
v. 2 8/28/1913 - 9/13/1915
v. 3 2/5/1917 - 5/4/1918

VQB350
1906-1921

Louisiana. Second City Criminal Court (New Orleans)

General dockets, 1906 - 1921

v. 1 11/13/1902 - 7/2/1906 (#5371 - 10753)
v. 2 4/12/1906 - 8/31/1909 (#10754 - 18336)
v. 3 9/2/1909 - 8/13/1912 (#18337 - 23731)
v. 4 8/17/1912 - 12/14/1914 (#23723 - 29142)
v. 5 12/14/1914 - 2/26/1917 (#29143 - 34525)
v. 6 2/23/1917 - 9/17/1918 (#34526 - 39882)
v. 7 9/13/1918 - 6/12/1921 (#39883 - 45262)
v. 8 6/6/1921 - 11/15/1921 (#45263 - 1319 [numbers start over])

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