These legal documents relate to the case of the Kansas Territory vs. John B. Chapman for failure to keep the peace. Chapman was accused of making threats against neighbor Frederic Swice stemming from a dispute over the ownership of a field in Calhoun County (present-day Jackson County), Kansas Territory. The arrest warrant was issued by prominent Calhoun County citizen Judge James Kuykendall on June 12, 1856. Chapman was arrested and released on bond June 13, 1856.
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Kansas Territory versus John B. Chapman for failure to keep the peace - 1