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These legal documents relate to the case of the United States vs. Gustavus Deacon for selling liquor to American Indians. Deacon was accused of selling liquor to Joseph Killbuck, an American Indian, on September 14, 1857 in Leavenworth County, Kansas Territory. Deacon was indicted by the First District Court during the September term of 1857. It was illegal to sell alcohol to American Indians from 1832-1953.
Date: 1857 - 1859
Item Number: 444954
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 8, Folder 18
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444954
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Alcohol
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Vice - Alcohol use
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
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
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents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/444954