Case Summary

Leonard Martin was arrested by John H. McGraw through a complaint issued by U.S. Commissioner James G. Swan, with the offense being selling whiskey to Indigenous Americans, contrary to law. James H. Lewis signed a petition on his client's behalf, claiming Martin to be illegally imprisoned and an insufficient offense.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Unlawfully soliciting business

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. 4432

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

Between 31 and 40 pages

Repository(s)

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

State

• Washington

Tag(s)

• Native american

People

• Martin, Leonard (petitioner)
• Martin, Leonard (bound party)
• Greene, Roger Sherman (R. S.) (judge)
• Lewis, James Hamilton (petitioner attorney)

• Additional parties

  Seavey, James (clerk)

  Ludlow, James P. (deputy clerk)

  Mcgraw, John H. (holding party, jailer)

  Swan, James G. (commissioner, filed complaint)

  Hood, WM D. (notary public)

  Clinger, J. G. (deputy U.S. marshal)

  Billy, Tokvat (witness)

  Kleachton, Annie (witness)

  Finn, Chareles (witness)

  Delaney, Thomas (witness)

  George, J. W. (U.S. marshall)

  Barktell, Frank A.

  Sack, Morris B. (counsel)

  Gellinger, J (deputy U.S. marshal)

  George, Jesse W. (U.S. marshal, bound party)