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These legal documents relate to the case of the Kansas Territory vs. Calvin Cutler, Samuel Dolman, and James H. Lane. Cutler, Dolman, and Lane, along with a group of armed men, were accused of stealing 60 oxen, 9 wagons, and 3 mules from a wagon train that belonged to Samuel McKinney on September 1 or September 20, 1856 in Douglas County, Kansas Territory. The men were accused of assaulting Samuel Broomfield during the robbery. Cutler, Dolman, and Lane were indicted on October 13, 1856 by the First District Court in Lecompton. James Henry Lane was a commander in the free-state forces and led a party of free-state men to attack the pro-slavery stronghold of Hickory Point on September 13, 1856.
Date: 1856 - 1858
Item Number: 444936
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 7, Folder 46
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444936
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Assault and battery
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Robbery
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Theft
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - First Judicial District
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - Second Judicial District
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
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 - Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents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/444936
