Papers pertaining to criminal cases tried in the district. Includes case number, name and address of defendant, statement of charges, summons, arrest and trial data, witnesses, court documents, disposition, and sentence. Also includes cases tried by the county trial magistrates prior to establishment of the District Court. Arranged by case number. Series not fully processed. Criminal records after 1981 are available through the Judicial Information System, a statewide database for accessing court records. Eventually information from all records back to July 1971 will be found in JIS through a program to replace paper records with electronic media and film copies.