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This bench warrant for George Cole was issued on August 28, 1857 in Lecompton, Kansas Territory by the Second Judicial District Court. George Cole was arrested the same day by U. S. Marshal Elias S. Dennis and brought before the court to answer for a charge of contempt.
Date: August 28, 1857
Item Number: 444896
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 7, Folder 06
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444896
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents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/444896