Case Summary

A. Lon Parks was convicted of assault and battery against M.L. McCan in October 1892 by Edward Von Tobel. He was to remain in jail until he could pay his total fine of $72.25, but he was released after he only paid $12.25. As a result of the unpaid fines, Von Tobel issued a mittimus of commitment, resulting in Parks’ detainment. Parks filed a writ of habeas corpus arguing that because he intended to appeal, he should be released. While the writ was issued, the outcome of the petition and Parks’ fate are unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Assault and battery

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. 665

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

Between 21 and 30 pages

Repository(s)

• Washington State Archives, Puget Sound Regional Branch (Bellevue, Washington)

State

• Washington

People

• Parks, A. Lon (petitioner)
• Parks, A. Lon (bound party)
• Brooks, David T. (respondent)
• Humes, Thomas J. (judge)
• Benson, E. D. (petitioner attorney)
• Miller, John F. (respondent attorney)
• Von Tobel, Edward (authority ordering detention)

• Additional parties

  Spencer, W.B. (Clerk)

  Phelps, H.H. (Deputy Clerk)

  Woolery, J.H. (Sheriff of King County)

  Crabtree, I.J. (Deputy)

  McCann, M.L. (Victim)

  Robinson, Charles (Constable)