Case Summary

On October 10, 1914, Mrs. Orlando Terrell Byington (whose first name is not given) files a petition of habeas corpus on behalf of her husband, Orlando Terrell Byington. Chief of Police Austin E. Griffiths held Orlando in jail. On July 14, 1913 Orlando went to court on the charge of grand larceny in Fresno, California. However, Mrs. Byington’s petition alleges that the case was dropped because the prosecuting witnesses did not show up. On October 13, 1914, a complaint from Ben Cornelison and a warrant from Judge John B. Gordon alleged that Orlando actually had been charged with larceny and was a fugitive from justice. Judge Boyd J. Tallman called all parties to court. The outcome of this case and the fate of Orlando Terrell Byington are unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Fugitive from justice

Sites of significance

• Seattle City Jail (Seattle, Washington)

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

King County Government, Judicial Records, Superior Court, Case No. 104161

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

• Griffiths, Austin E. (responding party)
• Griffiths, Austin E. (respondent)
• Griffiths, Austin E. (holding party)
• Byington, Mrs. Orlando Terrell (petitioner)
• Byington, Orlando Terrell (bound party)
• Tallman, Boyd J. (judge)
• Meyers, Herbert W. (petitioner attorney)
• Murphy, John F. (respondent attorney)
• Gordon, John B. (authority ordering detention)

• Additional parties

  Grant, G. A. (Deputy Clerk)

  Sickels, W. K. (Clerk)

  Godard, James (Notary Public)

  Odom, W. R. (Witness)

  Crumpton, L. J. (Originally Charged Byington with Grand Larceny)

  Cornelison, Ben (Witness, Makes Complaint)