Case Summary

Chad F. Reed was arrested for obtaining money under false pretenses and filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus because there was no paper writing showing he had been convicted of any offense. Upon hearing the evidence, the judge ruled that the return to the writ previously filed by the justice of the peace was invalid and therefore C. F. Reed should be released on bail.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Wrongful imprisonment

Sites of significance

• King County Jail (Seattle, Washington)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released on bail

Case Citation

King County Government, Judicial Administration, Territorial District Court Case Files, 1867-1889, No. 5931

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

• Reed, Chad F. (petitioner)
• Reed, Chad F. (bound party)
• Cochran, William (Cochrane) (respondent)
• Cochran, William (Cochrane) (responding party)
• Jones, Richard A. (judge)

• Additional parties

  Soderberg, N. (Justice of the Peace)

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

  Ledgerwood, W.E. (Clerk) Hannon, H. T. (Deputy Clerk)

  Julius Rochester (Notary Public)