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These legal documents relate to the case of the Kansas Territory vs. A. P. F. (Porter) Davis for assault with intent to kill. Davis was accused of shooting at John Cummings (Cummins) with a pistol on May 10, 1856 in Fort Scott, Kansas Territory. Witnesses reported the Cummings and Davis shot at each other after Cummings called Davis a derogatory name for freesoilers. The Second District Court for Bourbon County indicted Davis during the May court term of 1856. (See item #444929 for more information)
Date: 1856
Item Number: 444945
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 8, Folder 09
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444945
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 - Assault and battery
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Intention (Kill)
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Pro-Slavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - Second Judicial District
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Case file
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Judicial
Places - Cities and towns - Fort Scott
Places - Counties - Bourbon
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents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/444945
