Case Summary

On April 14th 1893, Carl Sandberg and James Johnson robbed the house of Richard Bennewitz, taking a variety of his possessions. They filed a writ of habeas corpus and the judge granted the petition, the fate of the bound party is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Burglary

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

King County Government, Judicial Records, Superior Court, Case No. 16233

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

Between 6 and 10 pages

Repository(s)

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

State

• Washington

People

• Sandberg, Carl H. (petitioner)
• Sandberg, Carl H. (bound party)
• Johnson, James A. (petitioner)
• Johnson, James A. (bound party)
• Woolery, James H. (respondent)
• Woolery, James H. (responding party)
• Woolery, James H. (holding party)
• Humes, Thomas J. (judge)
• Tyler, W.B. (petitioner attorney)
• Humphrey, Burt (authority ordering detention)

• Additional parties

  Osborn, A.A(Witness)

  Philbrick, Sil(Witness)

  Linn, Charles(Witness)

  Bennewitz, Richard(Victim)