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These legal documents relate to the case of the Kansas Territory vs. Christopher Diggens. Diggens was accused of gambling at a game of euchre in Calhoun County, Kansas Territory on April 1, 1856. The indictment states Diggens bet one pound of tobacco and one pint of whiskey. Diggens was indicted by the First District Court for Calhoun County on April 7, 1856.
Date: 1856 - 1858
Item Number: 444963
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 8, Folder 27
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444963
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Gambling
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Vice - Gambling
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - First Judicial District
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - Second Judicial District
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Case file
Places - Counties - Calhoun (1855-1859)
Places - Counties - Jackson
Places - Counties - Pottawatomie
Places - Counties - Shawnee
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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