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These legal documents relate to the case of the United States vs. William Brasher for larceny. Brasher was accused of cutting down and stealing trees worth two hundred dollars between January 1 and May of 1860 from Miami tribal land in the Kansas Territory. During the mid-19th century, the Miami tribal lands in the Kansas were located in Lykins (now Miami) and Linn counties. Brashear was indicted during the May term of 1860 of the U. S. District Court of the Kansas Territory, Third District, in Fort Scott.
Date: May 1860 - May 25, 1861
Item Number: 444809
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 5, Folder 29
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444809
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 - Larceny
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 - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Tribes - Miami
Places - Cities and towns - Fort Scott
Places - Counties - Bourbon
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/444809