Case Summary

On May 20, 1914, Herbert Wolff and his lawyers Robert Welch and Dore filed for a writ of habeas corpus. They claimed Sheriff Edward Cudihee and his agent John W. Roberts arrested Wolff without a warrant or process of law. Judge A. W. Frater allowed the petition. Roberts claimed Wolff, along with Harry Brewer, robbed August Reets, stealing $235 from him. Brewer also filed a petition of habeas corpus (see “Habeas Corpus of Harry Brewer against Edward Cudihee (Sheriff)”). Newspapers indicated that Wolff and Brewer drugged and beat Reets before robbing him. Roberts produced a warrant for Brewer's arrest that was dated May 21, 1914, the day after the petition was filed. The outcome of the petition and Brewer’s fate are unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Robbery

Sites of significance

• King County Jail (Seattle, Washington)

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Related petitions

• Habeas Corpus of Harry Brewer against Edward Cudihee (Sheriff)

State

• Washington

People

• Dore, (petitioner attorney)
• Cudihee, Edward (Cudahee) (respondent)
• Cudihee, Edward (Cudahee) (holding party)
• Cudihee, Edward (Cudahee) (responding party)
• Welch, Robert (petitioner attorney)
• Frater, Archibald Wanless (judge)
• Murphy, John Francis (respondent attorney)
• Steele, Samuel H. (Steel) (respondent attorney)
• Wolff, Herbert (Wolf) (petitioner)
• Wolff, Herbert (Wolf) (bound party)
• Gordon, John B. (authority ordering detention)

• Additional parties

  Welch, Robert (Notary Public)

  Steele, S. H. (Notary Public)

  Reets, August (Alleged Robbery Victim)

  Roberts, John W. (Witness)

  Sickels, W. K. (Clerk)

  Myers, G. B. (Deputy)

  Brewer, Harry (Alleged Robbery Accomplice)