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

 

Territory of Washington
County of Walla Walla

District Judge
1st Judicial District
The United States of America

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

You are hereby commanded to have the body of Edna Elenor Edwards [?] Kept into custody by one John B. Montague fortwith as it is ordered of[?] by Samuel G. Winegard Judge of the 1st Judicial District of Washington Territory in the Chambers at Walla Walla City Washington Territory the 1st day of November 1876 at the hour of [?] oclock P. M. in the afternoon of that day to see present[?] issue what shall then and there be considered concerning the said Edna Elenor Edwards towit Edna Elenor Montague and have you then there this writ

Witness the Hon Samuel G. Winegard Judge of the 1st Judicial District of Washington Territory and the [?] Court this 11 day of November 1876

A. Reeves Ayers
Clerk

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 Order to Sheriff.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.wa.0006.010

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