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This case file contains two affidavits and a subpoena related to the charges against John Baily, Edward Bennett, Joseph Everhart, Alexander Everhart, and Lewis Everhart of failure to keep the peace and grand larceny in 1856 and 1857 in Douglas County, Kansas Territory. On May 28, 1857 Johann Egelhoff (Eaglehoff) testified to the 2nd District Court of the Kansas Territory in Lecompton that John Baily and others listed above had stolen cattle and furniture from his property near the settlement of Hickory Point in Douglas County on about August 15, 1856. Egelhoff additionally reported Baily and the others threatened to kill on May 26, 1857 if he did not leave his land.
Date: crimes August 15, 1856 and May 26, 1857
Item Number: 444731
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 4, Folder 25
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444731
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Disorderly conduct
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Larceny
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - Second Judicial District
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Case file
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Judicial
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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