These legal documents relate to the case of the United States vs. Edward Chapman for surety to keep the peace. In an affidavit sworn before Justice of the Peace James Stanley Emery, Albert Pearl accuses Chapman of threatening to kill him on December 26, 1854 in Lawrence, Kansas Territory. On December 29, 1854 Chapman is apprehended and released on a bond recognizance, agreeing to keep the peace in the Territory of Kansas until the next term of the First District Court or pay a fine of one thousand dollars.
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United States versus Edward Chapman for surety to keep the peace - 1