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Territory of Washington v. George Grant. Charge of Buggery

 
[WAL-5207]

Territory of Washington

County of Walla Walla

In Justice's Court before J D Lauman Justice of the Peace

Territory of Washington

vs

George Grant

Charge of Buggery infamous crime with a drunk state[?] [?]Mare horse[?]

T. J. Anders Pros Atty. Prosecuting a complaint filed February 18th 1888 Warrant issue came time to George Grant Chinaman for service[?] who returned the same this February 18th 1888 into Push[?] with the Deft under such complaint read P.P. Pearson sworn to defense [?] of [?] having [?] in the matter and that there was probable cause therfore the defendant guilty as charged it is here now ordered and adjudged by the court that the defendant be held & answer at the next term of the U.S. Dist Court and his bail is hereby fixed at $50 and that in default of such bail that he be committed to the county jail where he shall be discharged by due course of law.

P.P Pearson required to recognize in the same order for his [?] in the case as a witness for the following[?]

J D Lauman

Justice of the Peace

[?] Fees

1[?] .25

1 Warrant 1.50[?]

1 [?] .25

1 Commitment .50

2 Recognizance[?] 1.50

1 Witness [?] .15

[?] [?] .10

[?] cost .10

5 papers filed .75

4.90

Transcript 1.00

Certificates 1.00

6.90

[?] [?] Court fees

[?] [?] 1.20

Committing to Jail 1.20

[?] of [?] [?] Jail 1.70

$4.10

[?] [?] .60

$4.70

Witness Fees

P.P. Pearson $2.20

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Territory of Washington v. George Grant. Charge of Buggery.” 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.0009.001

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