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These legal documents relate to the case of the United States vs. Edward Chapman for surety to keep the peace. In an affidavit sworn before Justice of the Peace James Stanley Emery, Albert Pearl accuses Chapman of threatening to kill him on December 26, 1854 in Lawrence, Kansas Territory. On December 29, 1854 Chapman is apprehended and released on a bond recognizance, agreeing to keep the peace in the Territory of Kansas until the next term of the First District Court or pay a fine of one thousand dollars.
Date: December 28, 1854 - December 29, 1854
Item Number: 444863
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 6, Folder 17
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444863
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1854
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - First Judicial District
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Case file
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Judicial
People - Notable Kansans - Emery, James Stanley
People - Notable Kansans - Lecompte, Samuel, 1814-1888
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents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/444863