Case Summary

On January 30, 1894, Frank Dupree filed a habeas corpus petition in the Superior Court of King County asking for his liberty after being jailed by James H. Woolery, the sheriff of King County. The original detainment was ordered by an unnamed sheriff from Oregon. According to an article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Dupree's writ was quashed. Dupree returned to Oregon for imprisonment.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Carceral
• Grand larceny

Sites of significance

• King County Jail (Seattle, Washington)

Outcome

Writ denied

Fate of bound party

Remained in custody

Case Citation

King County Government, Judicial Records, Superior Court, Case No. 934

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

5 or fewer pages

Repository(s)

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

State

• Washington

People

• Dupree, Frank (petitioner)
• Dupree, Frank (bound party)
• Woolery, James H. (respondent)
• Woolery, James H. (responding party)
• Woolery, James H. (holding party)
• Humes, Thomas J. (judge)
• Ingersoll, Frank B. (petitioner attorney)