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These legal documents relate to the case of the Kansas Territory vs. Isaac Davis, Henry Alderman, M. F. Davis, O. L. Spradling, and ? Jacket for larceny. The five men were accused by James Tuton of stealing hogs and cattle, the property of George Ward and J. C. Evans, on September 9, 1856 in Douglas County, Kansas Territory. Several Bleeding Kansas conflicts occurred in September of 1856, such as the Battle of Hickory Point and the attempted siege of Lawrence by Missourians.
Date: 1856
Item Number: 444947
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 8, Folder 11
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444947
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - First 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
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents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/444947
