Edward Lucas, James Topping for contempt
Date: attachment June 22, 1859
1st District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus A. A. Jamison for grand larceny
Date: date of crime November 20, 1856; indictment November 1856
2nd District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus A. A. Jamison for grand larceny
Date: date of crime November 20, 1856; indictment November 1856
2nd District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus Abbott, John Brown, Lenhart, and Walker for attack on Franklin
Date: warrant August 26, 1856
District unknown . Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus A. C. Hindman for selling liquor without a license
Date: date of crime April 1, 1856; indictment April 1856
2nd District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus A. C. Hindman for selling liquor without a license
Date: date of crime April 1, 1856; indictment April 1856
2nd District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus A. C. Hindman for selling liquor without a license
Date: date of crime April 1, 1856; indictment April 1856
2nd District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus A. C. Hinmann for receiving stolen goods
Date: date of crime January 3, 1856
Douglas county. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus Adolphus Houston for larceny
Date: date of crime June 1, 1857; indictment September 1857
1st District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus A. Hindman for selling liquor without a license
Date: date of crime April 1, 1856; indictment April 1856
1st District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus A. J. Armstrong for assault on Orlando Moffitt
Date: crime January 1857; warrant January 1857
This case file relates to the charge against A. J. Armstrong for assaulting Orlando Moffitt on January 31,1857 in Shawnee County, Kansas Territory. Moffitt reported to a Justice of the Peace Henry Carmichael on January 31st that Armstrong had shot at him and threatened his life while Moffitt was building a log cabin. Armstrong was apprehended and released on bond in February of 1857, with his trial set for the next term of the 3rd U.S. District Court.

Kansas Territory versus A. J. Armstrong, Frederick Bartles, and Charles Walker for assault
Date: crime December 1856
This is the case file for the case against A. J. Armstrong, Frederick Bartles, and Charles Walker for assaulting W. M. Clark on December 11, 1856 near Tecumseh, Kansas Territory. Clark reported to a justice of the peace that Armstrong and his associates Walker and Bartles attempted to attack him and threatened to kill him as the result of a dispute over land ownership between Clark and Armstrong. The three men were arrested December 11, 1856 and released on bond December 12, 1856. The trial was set for the 1857 spring term of the U. S. District Court of the Kansas Territory, Second District.

Kansas Territory versus A. J. Miller for grand larceny
Date: date May 8, 1858
2nd District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus A. J. Patrick for murder
Date: date of crime September 14, 1856
2nd District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus Albert Laws, W. B. Sours for stealing cattle
Date: warrant September 29, 1856
1st District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus Alexander Jamieson for robbery
Date: date of crime September 8, 1856; writ November 17, 1856
1st District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus Alexander Tzattskowski for selling liquor on Sunday
Date: date of crime April 25, 1858; indictment April 1858
1st District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus Alfred Laws for contempt
Date: date September 14, 1857
2nd District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus Alfred Laws for contempt
Date: writ September 29, 1857
2nd District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus Alfred Paine for unknown
Date: date October 21, 1856
1st District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus Alfred Schell for tresspasing on Indian lands
Date: date November 1, 1859
3rd District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus Alkire for theft
Date: crime September 7, 1856
This court document relates to the charge of theft against Alkire (first name unknown) in Douglas County, Kansas Territory on September 7th, 1856. On September 27th, 1856, George Ward testified before Justice Sterling G. Cato that his house had been robbed September 7th and furniture stolen. He believed some of his stolen goods to be in possession of Alkire, residing near Bloomington, a town near what is now Clinton Lake. Justice Cato issued a search warrant for Alkire's property. On September 26th, George Ward's wife Sidney testified that her husband's house was burned down, naming a different party responsible for arson (see item 444714).

Kansas Territory versus Allen Lovelace for contempt
Date: writ September 29, 1857
2nd District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus Allen Morell, Francis Palmer for arson
Date: date of crime September 1, 1856; indictment October 1856
1 an d2nd District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Kansas Territory versus Allen Patrick for gambling
Date: date of crime March 15, 1857; indictment May 1857
2nd District. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.