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This arrest warrant and indictment relate to the case of the Kansas Territory vs. Osker Clark for playing cards. Clark was accused of gambling at a game of cards or other "gaming device" on October 09, 1856 in the Kansas Territory. Clark was indicted during the November term of 1856 by the Second District Court in Tecumseh, Kansas Territory.
Date: November 1856
Item Number: 444883
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 6, Folder 37
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444883
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 - Gambling
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Vice - Gambling
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, Judicial
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Warrant
Places - Cities and towns - Tecumseh
Places - Counties - Shawnee
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents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/444883