Case Summary

W. W. Wingard, the petitioner, was detained with T. W. Gosney for the crime of tampering with witnesses in an action pending before a court of the State of Washington. The case information states that the crime occurred on August 16th, 1915, and they attempted to persuade Rose Smith and Alma Moen from appearing before the court, who were subpoenaed, to appear in the entitled State of Washington, plaintiff, vs. Rose Foster case. Afterward, he was ordered to be confined in Pierce County Jail for four months and fined five hundred dollars ($15,461.98, 2024). On the 20th day of October 16th, Wingard filed a petition for writ with the claim of being deprived of liberty without the due process of law, denied a public trial, failed to be informed of the nature and cause of the charges, and denied constitutional rights under Article 6, and being denied the right to being confronted with witness. Judge Cushman allowed the writ and Wingard was released from custody.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Tampering with witness(es)

Sites of significance

• Pierce County Jail (Tacoma, Washington)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

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. 2092

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

Between 76 and 100 pages

Repository(s)

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

State

• Washington

Point(s) of law cited

Article 5 of the Constitution, 2363 Rem. & Bal Code, 52 Rem. & Bal. Code, State v. Petit, 74 Wash. 510, State v. Gaul, 55 Wash. 295, State v. Petit, 74 Wash. 510, State v. Gaul, 44 Wash. 295, State v. Surry, 23 Wash. 655, State v. Bringgold, 40 Wash. 12, State v. Ewing, 67 Wash. 395

People

• Wingard, W. W. (petitioner)
• Wingard, W. W. (bound party)
• Cushman, Edward E. (judge)
• Longmire, Robert E. (holding party)
• Reeves, C. R. (C. S. ) (petitioner attorney)
• Phelps, Harry E. (respondent attorney)
• Thompson, George (respondent attorney)

• Additional parties

  Brown, George M. (bondsman)

  Allen, Wn. N. (surety)

  Allen, Fannie (surety)

  Pendelton, P. J. (notary public)

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

  Crosby, Frank L. (clerk)

  Harshberger, F. M. (deputy clerk)

  Remann, Fred G. (original prosecuting attorney)

  (Gosney, T.W.) (original co-plaintiff)

  McKenzie, E. F. (clerk)

  Piper, J. P. (deputy clerk)

  Cramer, Myron C. (deputy)

  Shaw, Fred (witness)

  Roberts, J. L. (witness)

  Recob, Price (witness)

  Graham, Frank H. (witness)

  Card, E. M. (judge for bail bond)

  Ronald, J. T. (presiding judge)

  Wellock, Roy S. (foreman)

  Brown, Browder D. (former counsel for petitioner)

  Dow, Lorenzo (former counsel for petitioner)

  Reinhart, I, C. S. (clerk of supreme court of WA)

  Murray, George F. (deputy)

  Ronald, J. T. (presiding judge)

  Mount, J. (jury)

  Morris, C. J. (jury)

  Ellis, J. (jury)

  Fullerton, J. (jury)

  Parkhurst, May (deputy clerk)

  Wingard, Anna (affiant)

  Brown, Bowelur (affiant)

  Walker, Samuel (deputy clerk)

  Denning, Henry (notary public)

  Ronald, J. T. (judge)

  Remann, Fred G. (prosectuing attorney)