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These legal documents relate to the two cases of the United States vs. James Cromley for taking property of the Miami Tribe in the Kansas Territory. Cromley was accused of taking trees and timber on February 25, 1859 and wood products on October 1, 1859. Cromley was indicted by the Third District Court during the adjourned May term of 1859 and again during the May term of 1860. The Miami Tribal Land in the mid-19th century was located in Lykins (present-day Miami) and Linn counties.
Date: 1859 - 1860
Item Number: 444924
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 7, Folder 34
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444924
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Larceny
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Theft
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Trespass
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - Third 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
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Tribes - Miami
Places - Cities and towns - Fort Scott
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Places - Counties - Linn
Places - Counties - Lykins (1855-1861)
Places - Counties - Miami
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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