This arrest warrant and indictment relate to the 1859 case of the United States vs. William Cromley. Cromley was accused of cutting down and stealing trees and timber on February 25, 1859 from Miami Tribal Land in the Kansas Territory. Cromley was indicted by the Third District Court during the court's adjourned May term of 1859. In the mid-19th century, the Miami Tribal Land was located in Lykins (present-day Miami) and Linn counties.
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United States versus William Cromley for taking Indian property - 2