Case Summary

Andrew Knelp was a waiter at the California Restaurant. While working on March 15, 1902, he stopped by a neighboring house, referred to as the “Welcome House”, in order to collect a small sum of money he was owed. When he was inside the house, the inmates inside attacked him– pushing him down the stairs and scratching his face. When Knelp was pushed down the stairs, he was met with a police officer ready to arrest him. Knelp was charged with assault and battery, to which his attorney, Henry S. Noon, claims was a false and pretended charge. Knelp filed a petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus on March 16, 1902. His case was heard by Judge Arthur E. Griffin on March 18, and Knelp’s writ was granted.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Assault and battery

Sites of significance

• King County Jail (Seattle, Washington)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

Case Citation

King County Government, Judicial Records, Superior Court, Case No.34972

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

• Knelp, Andrew (Knup) (petitioner)
• Knelp, Andrew (Knup) (bound party)
• Noon, Henry S. (petitioner attorney)
• Sullivan, John J. (respondent)
• Sullivan, John J. (holding party)
• Griffin, Arthur E. (judge)

• Additional parties

  Koepfli, C. A. (Clerk); Brewster, John M. (Deputy Clerk); Perkins, John N. (Notary)