Habeas Corpus of George Parrish against Capt. Charles Tennant

January 1, 1913 - January 14, 1913

Petitioned on January 10, 1913

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

Case ID: hc.case.wa.1113

Case Summary

On January 1st, 1913 George W. Parish kidnapped two minor children from Montana and brought them to King county. In Seattle, Parrish was detained by Charles Tennant, the captain of detectives. While detained, Parrish’s lawyer H.A. Crowder filed a writ of habeas corpus on his behalf. The outcome of the writ is unknown

Case Information

Petition type(s)

Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

Fugitive from justice
Kidnapping

Sites of significance

King County Jail (Seattle, Washington)

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

State

Washington

People

Crowder, H. A. (petitioner)
Crowder, H. A. (petitioner attorney)
Parrish, George (bound party)
Tennant, Charles M. (respondent)
Tennant, Charles M. (responding party)
Tennant, Charles M. (holding party)
Bannick, Claude George (Claud) (responding party)
Ronald, James Theodore (judge)
Murphy, John Francis (respondent attorney)
Steele, S. H. (respondent attorney)
Gordon, John B. (authority ordering detention)

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. 92001

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Type of source(s)

Case File

Length of case file

Between 11 and 20 pages

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