These legal documents relate to the case of the United States vs. George Cain and Harrison Tanksley for grand larceny. In an affidavit sworn before Commissioner Benjamin Brantley, J. C. Hinkley accuses Cain and Tanksley of stealing a steer from Noah Titus on July 20, 1859 in the Cherokee Neutral Lands in the southeast corner of the Kansas Territory. Cain and Harrison were released on bond August 6, 1859.
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United States versus George Cain, Harrison Tanksley for grand larceny - 3