To order images and/or obtain permission to use them commercially, please contact the KSHS Reference Desk at KSHS.reference@ks.gov or 785-272-8681, ext. 117.
For more information see the Copyright and Permission FAQ.
Warrant issued by Joseph W. Shepard, a justice of the peace for Lecompton Township in Douglas County, Kansas for the arrest of John Brown, Mr. Carter, and Charles Lenhart for larceny. The three men were charged with taking goods, clothes, a mule, and a pony.
Date: July 09, 1856
Item Number: 307592
Call Number: Kansas Territory, U.S. District Court, Criminal Case Files, 1855-1860, Bi-Bu, Box 5, Folder 44
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 307592
Collections - State Archives
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Larceny
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Theft
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Warrant
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, John, 1800-1859
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents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/307592