Case Summary

H.W. Hull was previously tried and convicted for "keeping a house of ill repute." The judge set a fine of $300 or an unspecified amount of jail time at the King County Jail. When he did not pay the fine, Hull was placed in the custody of the King County Sherriff at the King County Jail. Hull filed a writ of habeas corpus arguing that he should be entitled to bail and was being illegally kept without a set bail. Judge Greene granted the writ and set a bail amount of $500 to go into effect on July 1, 1884, the first day of the Supreme Court of Washington Territory's new session. In Olympia, WA, he could be let out of jail before the territorial Supreme Court with a payment of $500. Hull's fate following the April 25, 1884 ruling is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Keeping a house of ill repute
• Refusal or inability to pay fine

Sites of significance

• King County Jail (Seattle, Washington)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

King County Government, Judicial Administration, Territorial District Court Case Files, 1867-1889, No. 3844

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

• Hull, H. W. (petitioner)
• Hull, H. W. (bound party)
• Greene, Roger Sherman (R. S.) (judge)

• Additional parties

  Seavey, James (clerk)

  Ludlow, James P. (deputy)

  McGraw, J. H. (sheriff)

  Nixon, J. C. (interested party)

  Black, N. J. (interested party)

  Herms, J. N. (notary public, clerk)

  Blackwell, W. J. (interested party)

  Burnett, W. (interested party)