Case Summary

Thomas and Catharine Gilbert were arrested by Sheriff William Cochrane for disposing of beer by providing it to an Indigenous American (not named in the petition); both were fined $100 and committed to 50 days, with which they have fully served four days in excess and are now entitled to be set free. The Gilberts filed for habeas, claiming that they could not be held further in imprisonment and to be restored of their liberty.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Institutional

Petition subtype(s)

• Imprisoned for longer than term

Sites of significance

• King County Jail (Seattle, Washington)

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

King County Government, Judicial Administration, Territorial District Court Case Files, 1867-1889, No. 6081

Source material(s)

Case File

Case document transcriptions

• hc.case.wa.0091.001
• hc.case.wa.0091.002
• hc.case.wa.0091.003
• hc.case.wa.0091.004
• hc.case.wa.0091.005
• hc.case.wa.0091.006
• hc.case.wa.0091.007
• hc.case.wa.0091.008
• hc.case.wa.0091.009
• hc.case.wa.0091.010
• hc.case.wa.0091.011
• hc.case.wa.0091.012
• hc.case.wa.0091.013
• hc.case.wa.0091.014
• hc.case.wa.0091.015
• hc.case.wa.0091.016
• hc.case.wa.0091.017

Length of case file

Between 21 and 30 pages

Repository(s)

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

State

• Washington

People

• Gilbert, Thomas (petitioner)
• Gilbert, Thomas (bound party)
• Gilbert, Catharine (petitioner)
• Gilbert, Catharine (bound party)
• Jones, Richard A. (judge)
• Cochran, William (Cochrane) (respondent)
• Cochran, William (Cochrane) (responding party)
• Cochran, William (Cochrane) (holding party)
• Soderberg, W. (justice of the peace)

• Additional parties

  Soderberg, W. (justice of the peace)

  Ledgerwood, W. E. (clerk)

  Hannon, H. T. (deputy clerk)

  Thornton, H. G. (keeper of King County jail)

  Padden, N. (deputy sheriff)