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These legal documents relate to the case of the Kansas Territory vs. Sanford M. Bickerstaff for gambling at cards on August 10, 1856 in the Kansas Territory. Bickerstaff was indicted by the U. S. District Court, Kansas Territory, Second District in Tecumseh during the November 1856 court term. Warrants for Bickerstaff's arrest were returned unserved.
Date: November 1856 - April 1, 1857
Item Number: 444776
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 5, Folder 02
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444776
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 - Gambling
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Vice - Gambling
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 - Tecumseh
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/444776