Case Summary

Joseph Bowers was arrested by Sheriff William Cochrane for the charge of assault and battery, and he was subsequently sentenced by a justice of the peace to 500 days in jail. He filed for a petition of Habeas Corpus on the basis that the justice of the peace was not acting within his jurisdiction when he sentenced the petitioner. Upon hearing the evidence, the judge allowed the petition, but the fate of the petitioner remains unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Assault and battery

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. 5670

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

Between 6 and 10 pages

Repository(s)

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

State

• Washington

People

• Bowers, Joseph (petitioner)
• Cochran, William (Cochrane) (respondent)
• Cochran, William (Cochrane) (responding party)
• Jones, Richard A. (judge)
• Bowers, Joseph (bound party)

• Additional parties

  Soderberg, N. (Justice of the Peace)

  Ledgerwood, W.E. (Clerk)

  Thornton, H.G. (Keeper of the Jail)

  Cannen, H.M. (Deputy clerk)