Case Summary

James Walsh was arrested for illegally smoking opium and sentenced to 15 days in the county jail of Seattle. Walsh and his legal team allege that during the arrest he was not given due process of law and that his right to an immediate hearing on his offense was not provided. His petition for a writ of habeas corpus was granted but his outcome is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Opium use

Sites of significance

• King County Jail (Seattle, Washington)

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

King County Government, Judicial Records, Superior Court, Case No. 0843

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

• Walsh, James (petitioner)
• Walsh, James (bound party)
• Monroe, George C. (respondent)
• Monroe, George C. (holding party)
• Woolery, James H. (responding party)
• Humes, Thomas J. (judge)
• DeBoer, W. (petitioner attorney)
• Stewart, Walter (petitioner attorney)

• Additional parties

  Spencer, W.B. (Clerk)

  McGaughey, J.D.L (Clerk)

  Rivers, C.M. (Clerk)