Case Summary

The petitioners, C. A. Clayton, George Rosenthal, William Lewis, John McDonald, Charles Olsen, Charles Kales, Fredericke Linde, and C. Roshman were held against their liberty and consent on the ship Kate Davenport by the captain of the ship, J. E. Howland. The petition was filed by the next friend of the petitioners, Alfred Cale, who was also a notary. The case was heard by judge Roger Greene, who granted the petition and issued the writ of habeas corpus.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Institutional

Petition subtype(s)

• Detaining sailors aboard ship

Sites of significance

• "Kate Davenport" (Seattle, Washington)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

Case Citation

King County Government, Judicial Administration, Territorial District Court Case Files, 1867-1889, No. 5043

Source material(s)

Case File

Case document transcriptions

• hc.case.wa.0081.001
• hc.case.wa.0081.002
• hc.case.wa.0081.003
• hc.case.wa.0081.004
• hc.case.wa.0081.005
• hc.case.wa.0081.006
• hc.case.wa.0081.007

Length of case file

Between 6 and 10 pages

Repository(s)

• Washington State Archives, Puget Sound Regional Branch (Bellevue, Washington)

State

• Washington

People

• Clayton, C. A. (petitioner)
• Clayton, C. A. (bound party)
• Rosenthal, George (petitioner)
• Rosenthal, George (bound party)
• Lewis, William (petitioner)
• Lewis, William (bound party)
• McDonald, John (petitioner)
• McDonald, John (bound party)
• Olsen, Charles (petitioner)
• Olsen, Charles (bound party)
• Kales, Charles (petitioner)
• Kales, Charles (bound party)
• Linde, Frederick (petitioner)
• Linde, Frederick (bound party)
• Roschman, C. (petitioner)
• Roschman, C. (bound party)
• Howland, J. E. (respondent)
• Howland, J. E. (holding party)
• Howland, J. E. (responding party)
• Cale, Alfred (petitioner)
• Greene, Roger Sherman (R. S.) (judge)

• Additional parties

  Gilman, J. C. (notary public)