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Charles Gahres and Martha J. Gahres v. Isabella Sutton and W. H. Barrett. Memo from the Judge

Petition Date

July 1, 1871

Earliest Record Date

July 1, 1871

Record Type

Case

Place(s)

  • Walla Walla (Wash.)

People

  • Gahres, Martha J. (Petitioner)
  • Gahres, Charles (Petitioner)
  • Barrett, Isabella (Defendant)
  • Barrett, W. H. (Defendant)
  • Kennedy, James A. (Judge)
 

In the Dist Court of the 1st Judicial District of Washington Territory

Charles Gahres & Martha J Gahres

vs

Isabella Sutton & W. H. Barrett

At Chambers

July 1st 1871

In Judge takes till July 8th at 10 oclock A.M. to render his decission herein, and it is ordered by him that in the meantime the child Etta Dora Craven be remanded to the custody of the defendants Issabella Sutton and W.H. Barrett and that said defendants produce the body of the the said child in the court room in Walla Walla on the 8th day of July at 10 o'clock A.M then and there to do such things as may be ordered concerning concerning her

And it is further ordered that the Sheriff of Walla Walla County deliver a copy of this order to each of the defendants forthwith

James A. Kennedy

Judge 1st Jud. Dist W.T.

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Charles Gahres and Martha J. Gahres v. Isabella Sutton and W. H. Barrett. Memo from the Judge.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.wa.0004.010

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