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This witness testimony, sworn before Justice of the Peace Samuel N. Wood in 1857 and 1858, relates to the trial of Charles Calkins, William Porter, William Way, William Myers, A. J. Miller, Newell Miller, J. S. Miller, John Elliott Duffield, and Alexander Sheets for grand larceny. In October of 1857, Calkins was accused of leading a band of men who stole horses from Ned Tooly and George Blue Jacket, members of the Shawnee tribe, in Douglas County, Kansas Territory. The testimony indicates Calkins escaped from custody.
Date: October 26, 1857 - October 28, 1858
Item Number: 444869
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 6, Folder 23
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444869
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 - Larceny
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Case file
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Judicial
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Tribes - Shawnee
People - American Indians - Tribes - Shawnee - Bluejacket, George
People - Notable Kansans - Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Wakarusa
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Indian reservations - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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