This case file contains a writ for A. Rosenburg Banks issued by the Second District Court of the Kansas Territory in Lecompton on July 25, 1859. The writ states Banks was summoned to the Second District Court on October 4, 1858 to act as a petit juror but failed to appear. Banks is ordered to appear at the district court during the 1859 October term and explain why a fine of ten dollars should not be levied against him.
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United States versus A. Rosenburg Banks for contempt - 1