Name/Title
Correspondence from / with Police Judge, 1930-1938Entry/Object ID
2011.62.23Scope and Content
Accession No. 11.62.23 A, B
Subject Category: City of Alameda; Police Department - Police Judge
Date or Period: 1930-1938
Object: File Folder
Description:
Acid-free legal size file folders with documents.
Size folder: L 14 3/4” X W 9”
History of Object:
Documents found in the attic of City Hall in the 1990s, originally in old folders, discarded in 2011.
A. tab stated: “Police Judge - Knox, Daniel”. Documents from 1930 pertain to correspondence from Judge Daniel Knox, about traffic rule enforcement, ensuring a bailiff be there at 9:30 even if the Judge was not; and other complaints, against Chief Vern Smith and the department, found to be unmerited by City Manager Schwanenberg.
B. tab stated: “Police Judge - 1931-1938"
Oldest document in this is from 1931, by Police Judge Tappan to City Manager Pierson, and Chief Verne Smith; later documents mostly from Police Judge Daniel Knox, most about procedural issues.
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Date Cataloged: 9/3/11