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J. H. Sheffler and Josephine Sheffler v. John B. Montague. Court Memo to Sheriff

Petition Date

November 16, 1876

Earliest Record Date

November 16, 1876

Record Type

Case

Place(s)

  • Walla Walla (Wash.)

People

  • Sheffler, J. H. (Petitioner)
  • Sheffler, Josephine (Petitioner)
  • Montague, John B. (Defendant)
  • Wingard, Samuel C. (Judge)
 

Territory of Washington County of Walla Walla

First District Court of Judicial Court of Washington

The Untied States of America

To George T. Thomas Sheriff of Walla Walla County - Greeting -

You are hereby commanded and decreed to take the child Edna Elenor Edwards otherwise Edna Elenor Montague from the custody of John. B. Montague together with all her wearing apparel and deliver her unto J.H. Sheffler and Josephine Sheffler and further to notify that said John B. Montague that the sum of $ gold coins which[?] by the Court to be paid to him by J. H. Sheffler and Josephine Sheffler is now in the hands of the clerk of the District Court for [?]

Witness the Hon. S.G. Wingard Judge of the district Court of Judicial District of Washington Territory and the Seal of said Court this the 16th day of November AD 1876 A. Reeves Ayers Clerk

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Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “J. H. Sheffler and Josephine Sheffler v. John B. Montague. Court Memo to Sheriff.” 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.0006.003

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