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This arrest warrant and indictment relate to the case of the United States vs. Pat Devlin for larceny. Devlin was accused of stealing furniture, clothing, food, and weapons, a total of three hundred dollars, from C. C. Seth, a member of the New York Tribe, on October 20, 1859 in Bourbon County, Kansas Territory. The New York Tribe referred to a collection of tribes originally from the New York State area, such as the Seneca. Devlin was indicted by the Third District Court in Fort Scott during November of 1859.
Date: November 1859 - December 1859
Item Number: 444961
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 8, Folder 25
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444961
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Larceny
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Theft
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 - New York
Places - Cities and towns - Fort Scott
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Places - Indian reservations - New York
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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