Habeas Corpus of Ah Bow against Claude Bannick, Chief of Police

September 8, 1912 - September 23, 1912

Filed before the King County Superior Court (Seattle, Washington)

Case ID: hc.case.wa.1101

Case Summary

On September 8th, 1912, a Writ of Habeas Corpus was granted to Ah Bow. Bow was apparently imprisoned in the Seattle City Jail by Claude Bannick. Judge J.T. Ronald granted Bow a day in court on September 9th, 1912. However, the next page in the record is from September 23rd, in which a Judge Mitchell Gilliam orders that the motion from the petitioner and his attorneys be granted, which dismissed the writ altogether. The fate of Ah Bow is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

Cause unspecified

Sites of significance

Outcome

Writ dismissed

Fate of bound party

Unknown

State

Washington

People

Bow, Ah (petitioner)
Bow, Ah (bound party)
Bannick, Claude George (Claud) (respondent)
Bannick, Claude George (Claud) (responding party)
Bannick, Claude George (Claud) (holding party)
Gilliam, Mitchell (judge)
Ronald, James Theodore (judge)
Earle, (petitioner attorney)
Steinert, (petitioner attorney)
Additional parties

Sickels, D. K. (Clerk)

Source Materials

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Repository(s)

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

Case citation

King County Government, Judicial Records, Superior Court, Case No. 89615

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Type of source(s)

Case File

Length of case file

5 or fewer pages

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