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Testimony given at the trial of Charles Fugit in the muder of William Hoppe on August 19, 1856 in Leavenworth County, Kansas Territory. Witnesses testified that Fugit shot and scalped his victim and exhibited the scalp in a pro-slavery camp. Fugit was acquitted on June 23, 1857 by Samuel D. Lecompte, appointed chief justice of the territorial supreme court.
Date: 1857
Item Number: 307582
Call Number: Kansas Territory, U. S. District Court, Criminal Case Files, Oversize
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 307582
Collections - State Archives
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Murder
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Pro-Slavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Proslavery - Law and Order
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Judicial
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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