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This case file contains an arrest warrant and indictment for John Bayles. Bayles was charged with taking trees and timber worth five hundred dollars from March 1 to May of 1859 from land belonging to the Miami tribe. During the mid-19th century, the Miami occupied land present-day Miami and Linn counties. Bayles was indicted for the crime by the U.S. District Court, Kansas Territory, Third District during the court's May term of 1859. An arrest warrant was issued for Bayles in December of 1859 and returned unexecuted. During the Kansas territorial period, the increase in settlers led to conflict with tribes that were promised permanent lands in Kansas following the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
Date: crime March to May, 1859; indictment May 1859
Item Number: 444751
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 4, Folder 43
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444751
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Theft
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - Third 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 - American Indians - Tribes - Miami
Places - Cities and towns - Fort Scott
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Places - Counties - Breckinridge (1855-1862)
Places - Counties - Linn
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Indian reservations - Miami
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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