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This affidavit and arrest warrant relate to the Douglas County case of the Kansas Territory vs. Real Carpenter and others for robbery. In an affidavit sworn before Judge Sterling G. Cato on October 4, 1860, Daniel Kezer accuses Real Carpenter and other unknown persons of robbing him of "one double barrel rifle, one sabre, and one bowie knife" on September 30, 1856 in the Kansas Territory.
Date: October 4, 1856
Item Number: 444855
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 6, Folder 09
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444855
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Robbery
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts
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
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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