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This bench warrant and judicial writ were issued for James B. Davis by the Second District Court in Lecompton, Kansas Territory. Davis failed to attend court to serve as a juror for the court term starting on May 4, 1857. The warrant was returned unserved by U. S. Marshal Elias S. Dennis.
Date: 1857
Item Number: 444950
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 8, Folder 14
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444950
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Contempt
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 - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents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/444950