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These legal documents relate to the case of the Kansas Territory versus William M. Douglas. Douglas was accused of operating a roulette gambling house on January 12, 1857 within the Second Judicial District of the Kansas Territory. Douglas was indicted during the May court term of 1857. The Second Judicial District in 1857 was based in Lecompton, Douglas County and included counties west of Douglas.
Date: 1857 - 1858
Item Number: 444976
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 8, Folder 40
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444976
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
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 - 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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents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/444976