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This bail bond for William T. Collins was issued on March 19, 1860 by Justice of the Peace Joseph Welsh. Collins was accused of "trespass in the Indian Country" within the Kansas Territory. The bond states Collins was a resident of Franklin County. The increase in settlers to Kansas during the territorial period led to conflict with Native American tribes, most of whom were relocated to the area by the federal government.
Date: May 19, 1860
Item Number: 444901
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 7, Folder 11
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444901
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Trespass
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
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Franklin
Places - Indian reservations
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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