These legal documents relate to the case of the Kansas Territory vs. John Cummings for assault with intent to kill. Cummings was accused of shooting at A. P. F. (Porter) Davis with a pistol on May 10, 1856 in Fort Scott, Kansas Territory. Witnesses reported the Cummings and Davis shot at each other after Cummings called Davis a derogatory name for freesoilers. The Second District Court for Bourbon County indicted Cummings during the May court term of 1856.
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