Case Summary

Nan Oy was arrested as she was crossing the border to be with her husband Ah Kam. She was arrested in Seattle and was awaiting trial. Ah Kam's lawyers argued that she should have been allowed entry because he was a merchant and a citizen. Ultimately, she was deported.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Immigration

Sites of significance

• Seattle City Jail (Seattle, Washington)

Outcome

Writ denied

Fate of bound party

Deported

Case Citation

King County Government, Judicial Administration, Territorial District Court Case Files, 1867-1889, No. 5843

Source material(s)

Case File

Case document transcriptions

• hc.case.wa.0084.001
• hc.case.wa.0084.002
• hc.case.wa.0084.003
• hc.case.wa.0084.004
• hc.case.wa.0084.005
• hc.case.wa.0084.006
• hc.case.wa.0084.007
• hc.case.wa.0084.008
• hc.case.wa.0084.009
• hc.case.wa.0084.010
• hc.case.wa.0084.012

Length of case file

Between 11 and 20 pages

Repository(s)

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

State

• Washington

People

• Jacobs, H.J. (petitioner attorney)
• Jenner, C.K. (petitioner attorney)
• White, William H. (respondent attorney)
• Jones, Richard A. (judge)
• Hamilton, Thomas J. (holding party)
• Oy, Nan (bound party)
• Kam, Ah (petitioner)

• Additional parties

  Loftus, F.P. (Marshal)

  Wood, Oliver (U.S. commissioner)

  Hannon, H.T. (deputy)

  Ledgewood, W.E. (clerk)

  Goodhue, F.W. (deputy)