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These legal documents, including an indictment, a bench warrant, and a subpoena, relate to the 1858 case of the Kansas Territory vs. Michael Conway. Conway was accused of selling liquor without a license to Patrick A. Doyle on April 28 and April 29, 1858 in Leavenworth County, Kansas Territory. Conway was indicted by the First District Court on May 3, 1858 in Leavenworth, Kansas Territory.
Date: May 3, 1858 - August 30, 1858
Item Number: 444906
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 7, Folder 16
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444906
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
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 - First 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 - Notable Kansans - Lecompte, Samuel, 1814-1888
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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