Case Summary

Timothy Johnson petitions for writ in response to being detained by Lewis Byrd for the alleged use of opium in property owned by Henry Arlington. Outcome is unknown. The following case is also a part of Mary Arlington and Timothy Johnson v. Lewis Byrd (hc.case.wa.0102).

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Drug use

Sites of significance

• Pierce County Jail (Tacoma, Washington)

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

Pierce County Government, County Clerk, Territorial District Court and Superior Court Case Files, 1854-1961, No. 1330

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

Between 11 and 20 pages

Repository(s)

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

State

• Washington

People

• Johnson, Timothy (Tim) (petitioner)
• Arlington, Mary (petitioner)
• Hoyt, John Philo (judge)
• Lawrence, A. E. (judge)
• Byrd, Lewis (holding party)
• Arlington, Mary (bound party)
• Johnson, Timothy (Tim) (bound party)

• Additional parties

  Abimethy Jr., A. S. (notary;) Arlington, Henry (husband of Mary Arlington;) Brotton, M

  O'Brien, A. G. (clerk)