Case Summary

Henri Dachez, a naturalized U. S. citizen from France, was sentenced to Pierce County Jail after he was found connected with the management of a house of prostitution, found receiving, sharing in, and deriving benefit from the earnings of a prostitute, and found assisting a prostitute. On August 7th, 1914, the Commissioner of Immigration at Seattle, Henry M. White, signed a warrant to deport Dachez to France after his jail sentence expired on January 16th, 1915. Dachez filed a writ of habeas corpus on January 15th, 1915, arguing that he should not be deported, since he was a U. S. citizen. Judge Cushman denied and dismissed the petition on February 8th, 1915, and ordered Dachez to remain in the custody of Thomas M. Fisher, an Immigration Inspector. Dachez then appealed Judge Cushman's ruling, and on March 15th, 1915, Judge Neterer allowed the appeal. The outcome of the appeal and the fate of the bound party, Dachez, is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Prostitution
• Immigration

Sites of significance

• Pierce County Jail (Tacoma, Washington)

Outcome

Writ denied|writ dismissed

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

RG 21 U.S. District Court for the Southern Division of the Western District of Washington Civil, Criminal, Admiralty, and Bankruptcy Case Files, 1890-1950, No. 1732

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

Between 31 and 40 pages

Repository(s)

• National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle Branch, Washington (Seattle, WA) (Seattle, Washington)

State

• Washington

Point(s) of law cited

Act of Congress, approved February 20, 1907, amended by the act Approved March 26th, 1910 White Slave Traffic Act An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States, approved March 3, 1903

People

• Dachez, Henri (Henry Duchet/Chox) (petitioner)
• Dachez, Henri (Henry Duchet/Chox) (bound party)
• Cushman, Edward E. (judge)
• Neterer, Jeremiah (judge)
• White, Henry M. (respondent)
• White, Henry M. (authority ordering detention)
• Lloyd, Wesley (petitioner attorney)
• Bunueistu, A. D. (petitioner attorney)
• Fisher, Thomas M. (holding party)
• Dow, Lorenzo (petitioner attorney)
• Allen, Clay (respondent attorney)
• Fishburne, George P. (respondent attorney)
• Coye, L. Milford (petitioner attorney)

• Additional parties

  Crosby, Frank L. (clerk)

  Harshberger, F. M. (deputy)

  Lyons, Charles S. (notary public)

  Densmore, J. B. (acting secretary of Labor)

  Boyle, John M. (U. S. Marshal)

  Allen, Frank Jr. (deputy)

  Fulton, Alexander S. (immigrant inspector)

  Boubert, Anna (victim)

  Ellington, E. C. (deputy clerk)

  Smith, John Speed (Chief Naturalization Examiner)

  Carroll, Thomas (witness)

  Kane, Dan (witness)

  Dachez, Victor (Henri Dachez's father)

  Foncin, Alfoncile (Henri Dachez's mother)

  Morris, George (judge)

  Sickels, W. K. (county clerk)

  Rummin, M. (deputy clerk);