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These legal documents relate to the case of the Kansas Territory vs. John Cummings (Cummins). Cummings was accused of gambling at a game of cards on March 10, 1856 in Bourbon County, Kansas Territory. Cummings was indicted during the May term of the Second District Court in Bourbon County and released on bond November 11, 1856.
Date: 1856
Item Number: 444928
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 7, Folder 38
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444928
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Gambling
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Vice - Gambling
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 - Tecumseh
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Places - Counties - Shawnee
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents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/444928