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These court documents relate to the case against Amos G. Adams for perjury regarding testimony provided about fraudulent voting in the Third Council District during the election of March 30th, 1855. During this election for the first governing body of Kansas, pro-slavery Missouri residents crossed the Kansas border to cast illegal votes, resulting in the so-called Bogus Legislature of 1855. Adams was charged in June of 1855 and released on bond in July of 1855.
Date: crime March 1855; indictment June 1855
Item Number: 444708
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 4, Folder 02
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444708
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime
Government and Politics - Elections
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - Second Judicial District
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Elections
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Case file
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Judicial
People - Notable Kansans - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents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/444708