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This bench warrant relates to the case of the Kansas Territory vs. George W. Brown for contempt. It was issued on August 18, 1857 by the U. S. District Court, Kansas Territory, Second District, in Lecompton. The warrant was returned unserved by U. S. Marshal Elias S. Dennis.
Date: August 18, 1857
Item Number: 444819
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 5, Folder 39
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444819
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Contempt
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
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Warrant
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents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/444819