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These legal documents relate to the Kansas Territory's case against William Bassett for selling liquor without a license on April 1, 1858 in Douglas County, Kansas Territory. Bassett was indicted by the U. S. District Court of the Kansas Territory, Second District in Lecompton during the court's spring term of 1858. Warrants for Bassett's arrest were issued on August 11, 1858 and February 24, 1859 and both were returned unexecuted.
Date: crime April 1, 1856; indictment April 1858
Item Number: 444756
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 4, Folder 48
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444756
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Alcohol
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - Second Judicial District
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Case file
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Government
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Warrant
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/444756