These legal documents, including a warrant, bail bond, and indictment, relate to the case of the United States vs. James Conley for larceny. Conley was accused of stealing a yoke of oxen from John E. Short on September 1, 1858 in the Cherokee Neutral Lands. He was indicted during the May term of 1860 by the Third Judicial District Court. The Cherokee Neutral lands were located in the southeast corner of Kansas in present-day Cherokee and Crawford counties.