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This indictment and arrest warrant relate to the case of the United States vs. James H. Carr. Carr was accused of introducing whiskey into "Indian Country" in McGee County, Kansas Territory at various times between July 1, 1858 and early September 1858. Carr was indicted during the October term of 1858 by the Third District Court. McGee County was located in present-day Crawford and Cherokee counties and was part of the Cherokee Neutral Land. Alcohol was prohibited on Native American land from 1832-1953.
Date: October 1858 - December 20, 1859
Item Number: 444856
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 6, Folder 10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444856
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Alcohol
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Vice - Alcohol use
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
Places - Cities and towns - Fort Scott
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Places - Counties - Cherokee
Places - Counties - Crawford
Places - Counties - McGee (1855-1860)
Places - Regions - Cherokee Neutral Lands
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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