Case Summary

J.S. McGuire, the plaintiff, was petitioning to sue in forma pauperis for his writ of Habeas Corpus. "In forma pauperis" is a Latin legal term meaning "in the character or manner of a pauper" and is used in this case to argue that McGuire has no funds with which to pay for legal proceedings.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Cause unspecified

Sites of significance

• Seattle City 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. 4446

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

5 or fewer pages

Repository(s)

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

State

• Washington

People

• McGuire, J. S. (petitioner)
• McGuire, J. S. (bound party)
• McGraw, John Harte (J. A. McGraw) (respondent)
• McGraw, John Harte (J. A. McGraw) (responding party)
• McGraw, John Harte (J. A. McGraw) (holding party)
• Lewis, James Hamilton (petitioner attorney)
• Greene, Roger Sherman (R. S.) (judge)

• Additional parties

  Seavey, James (Clerk)

  Ludlow, James P. (Deputy Clerk)

  Preston, Harold (Notary Public)