Case Summary

On March 24, 1914, James Brooks and his lawyer G. T. Morgan applied for a writ of habeas corpus, stating Sheriff Edward Cudihee detained Brooks illegally because no court had filed charges against him. Judge A. W. Frater allowed the petition, but the outcome of this case and the fate of James Brooks is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• No charge

Sites of significance

• King County Jail (Seattle, Washington)

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

King County Government, Judicial Records, Superior Court, Case No. 100215

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

5 or fewer pages

Repository(s)

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

State

• Washington

People

• Brooks, James (petitioner)
• Brooks, James (bound party)
• Cudihee, Edward (respondent)
• Cudihee, Edward (responding party)
• Cudihee, Edward (holding party)
• Frater, Archibald W. (judge)
• Morgan, G. T. (petitioner attorney)

• Additional parties

  Sinclair, George M. (Notary Public)

  Sickels, W. K. (Clerk)

  Smith, F. W. (Deputy)