First District Court of the United States
Charles P. Bullock
L. McArthur
B. Hogan
Owen C. Stewart
C.H. Grover

These are legal documents filed in the 1857 case of the Territory of Kansas vs. Charles Robinson for the charge of usurpation of office. They include the official indictment, witness subpoenas, a motion to quash the charges, and a summary of grand jury testimony. Also included is a warrant for the arrest of Charles Robinson; addressed to the Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, it reads: “You are hereby commanded to arrest Charles Robinson, and have his body before the Judge of the First District Court . . . to answer an indictment found against him for unlawfully assuming and taking upon himself the Office of Governor of the Territory of Kansas.”

1857

Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Kansas military units
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Bogus Legislature

First District Court of the United States
Charles P. Bullock
L. McArthur
B. Hogan
Owen C. Stewart
C.H. Grover
Charles Robinson
Andrew Reeder
James Henry Lane
Wilson Shannon
Samuel Lecompte
Samuel J. Jones

Lawrence, Kansas
Lecompton, Kansas
Douglas County, Kansas

Legal Document

Kansas Historical Society

Kansas Territorial Records, 27-02-07-04, Folder 36

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