Case Summary

Initially arrested for alleged connections to the kidnapping of a child named Pruitt Baker, John King had a habeas corpus petition filed for him by R.W. Emerson. Judge Boyd Tallman allowed the petition, however, the outcome of the case is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Kidnapping

Sites of significance

• Seattle City Jail (Seattle, Washington)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

King County Government, Judicial Records, Superior Court, Case No. 44196

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

• Tallman, Boyd J. (judge)
• Keene, W. A. (petitioner attorney)
• King, John (bound party)
• Delaney, Thomas (respondent)
• Delaney, Thomas (responding party)
• Delaney, Thomas (holding party)
• Emerson, R.W. (petitioner)

• Additional parties

  Koeffle, S.A. (Clerk): Baker, Pruitt (Alleged Kidnapped Child).