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These legal documents, including two warrants and an indictment, relate to the case against William Berry for assault with intent to kill. Berry was accused of striking Michael D. Coleman on his "head, face, and chest" on February 10, 1860 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory. Berry was indicted by the U. S. District Court of the Kansas Territory, First District, in Leavenworth during the court's April term of 1860. Both warrants were returned by the marshal unserved. The second warrant is sent May 23, 1861, after Kansas became a state.
Date: crime February 10, 1860; indictment April 1860
Item Number: 444771
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 4, Folder 62
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444771
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Date - 1861-1869 - 1861
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Assault and battery
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - State Government - Courts - 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
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Leavenworth
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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