There are also several series of criminal records of the U.S. District Court of Kansas in the Records of District Courts of the United States (Record Group 21) that may include records related to federal Prohibition cases for the state of Kansas. For more information about these records, please contact the National Archives at Kansas City (RM-KC) at kansascity.archives@nara.gov.
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Please note that in addition to federal enforcement of federal prohibition laws, many states had prohibition laws enforced by state and local governments. You may wish to consult with area libraries to review back issues of local newspapers to find if there was any reporting on the case which may indicate which authorities conducted the arrest and tried the case. You also may wish to search online newspaper repositories such as the Library of Congress Chronicling America. If the case was tried in a state, county or municipal court, please contact that court or its successors to inquire about the disposition of any relevant records.
We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!
In addition to the resources above, the National Archives at Kansas City has the series, “Inmate Case Files, 7/3/1895 – 11/5/1957” from the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas from Record Group 129, Records of the Bureau of Prisons.
