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This judicial case file includes an affidavit and warrant related to the charge against William M. Moore and George H. Baker of robbery on September 18, 1856 in Nemaha County, Kansas Territory. William W. Moore stated in his affidavit, sworn on November 8, 1856 before Chief Justice Samuel D. Lecompte of the First District Court of the Kansas Territory, that George H. Baker and Walter T. Beals had robbed his house and land of property worth six thousand dollars. A warrant was issued November 8, 1856 for the arrest of Baker and Beals.
Date: crime September 18, 1856; affidavit November 8, 1856
Item Number: 444735
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 4, Folder 29
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444735
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Robbery
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - First Judicial District
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Case file
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Judicial
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Warrant
People - Notable Kansans - Lecompte, Samuel, 1814-1888
Places - Counties - Nemaha
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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