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These legal documents relate to the case of the United States vs. A. E. Blythe for horse stealing. Blythe was accused of stealing a horse from an unknown party on July 21, 1858 in the Cherokee Neutral lands, an area in the southeast corner of the Kansas Territory. An arrest warrant for Blythe was issued on August 21, 1858 by Judge Joseph Williams of the U. S. District Court for the Kansas Territory, Third District. (See item 444794 for more information)
Date: August 19 - 21, 1858
Item Number: 444795
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 5, Folder 15
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444795
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Larceny
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - Third Judicial District
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Case file
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Judicial
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Warrant
People - American Indians - Tribes - Cherokee
Places - Regions - Cherokee Neutral Lands
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents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/444795