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This case file contains three writs related to the charge of contempt against T. J. Bailey (Baily) for failing to appear as a grand juror for the Second District Court in Lecompton, Kansas Territory on October 5, 1857. The writs order Bailey to appear during the next court term and explain his absence, with a possible fine of ten dollars if conditions for his absence were not met. The first two writs, issued in March and July of 1859, were returned undelivered. The final writ, issued in March of 1860, was delivered successfully.
Date: crime October 5, 1857
Item Number: 444732
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 4, Folder 26
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444732
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Contempt
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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