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These legal documents relate to the 1856 case of the United States vs. Edward Chapman for the murder of George Wilson. Chapman was accused of striking Wilson on the head with a club near Lawrence, Kansas Territory on July 24, 1856. Witnesses reported the pair had an argument about money prior to the attack. Chapman was indicted during the October 1856 term of the First District Court in Lecompton. On May 5, 1857, U. S. Marshal E. S. Dennis reported Chapman had left the country.
Date: 1856 - 1857
Item Number: 444862
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 6, Folder 16
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444862
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 - Murder
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - First Judicial District
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 - Summons
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Warrant
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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