Case Summary

On November 25, 1889, Robert White petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus stating that his imprisonment was illegal and that $1,000 was excessive bail. On November 27, 1889, Judge I. J. Lichtenberg allowed the writ of habeas corpus and reduced White’s bail to $500. White was released on bail and the trial for his charge of assault with a deadly weapon was set for the first Monday in January of 1890.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Assault with a deadly weapon

Sites of significance

• Seattle City Jail (Seattle, Washington)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released on bail

Case Citation

King County Government, Judicial Records, Superior Court, Case No. 7496

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

• White, Robert (Bob) (petitioner)
• White, Robert (Bob) (bound party)
• McGraw, John Harte (J. A. McGraw) (respondent)
• McGraw, John Harte (J. A. McGraw) (holding party)
• Lichtenberg, Isaac J. (Charles Westerfield) (judge)
• Miller, John F. (authority ordering detention)
• Lewis, James Hamilton (petitioner attorney)
• Gilman, Luthene Claremont (L. C.) (petitioner attorney)

• Additional parties

  Z. Y Holden (Named in subpoena and summon) M.M. Holmes (Clerk)