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Joseph Wells v. William A. Church & Martha Church. Joseph Wells being sworn

Petition Date

November 25, 1877

Earliest Record Date

November 25, 1877

Record Type

Case

Place(s)

  • Walla Walla County (Wash.)

People

  • Wells, Joseph (Petitioner)
  • Church, Martha (Defendant)
  • Church, William A. (Defendant)
  • Lasater, James H. (Attorney petitioner)
  • Caton, Nathan T. (Attorney defendant)
  • Wingard, Samuel C. (Judge)
 

Territory of Washington Walla Walla County } SS

I Joseph Wells being first duly sworn say that I am the Plaintiff in the above entitled action that I have heard the forgoing complaint read and know the contents thereof and that I verily believe said complaint is there

Joseph Wells

Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 28th day of November 1877

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Joseph Wells v. William A. Church & Martha Church. Joseph Wells being sworn.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed November 27, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.wa.0008.002

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