Keywords: Information in the case of U.S. v. Polly Bemis - NARA - 298171.jpg Scope and content This document originates from the file pertaining to the case of Polly Bemis whose life was made famous in the movie A Thousand Pieces of Gold Bemis and 50 other Chinese persons in Idaho were arrested for failure to obtain the required Certificate of Residence They were all acquitted and granted their certificates after it was shown that they were unable to obtain the certificates due to an inability to get to town due to heavy snows the winter of 1895 General notes 298171 Local identifier U S District Court for the Northern Moscow Division of the District of Idaho 1892 - NARA's Pacific Alaska Region Seattle NRIAS 6125 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115-7999 1896-05-12 Record group Record Group 21 Records of District Courts of the United States 1685 - 2004 Record group ARC 350 Criminal Case Files compiled 1893 - 1968 Series ARC 298169 File unit U S vs Polly Bemis 1896 - 1896 File unit ARC 298170 Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NRIS-21-IDNDCRIMINAL-181-INFO Other versions <gallery> File Information_in_the_case_of_U S _v _Polly_Bemis_-_NARA_-_298171 tif tif File Information_in_the_case_of_U S _v _Polly_Bemis_-_NARA_-_298171 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Immigrants to the United States Chinese Americans Idaho in the 19th century Polly Bemis |