In the District Court holding Terms at Seattle WT before the Hon Roger S Greene Judge thereof at Chambers
In the matter of the applicant of Ah Korn Ah Min and Ah Sin for writ of Habeas Corpus
The Territory of Washington County of King
1 To the Hon Roger S Greene Judge of the above named Court your petitioner Ah Korn Ah Min and Ah Sin come now and respectively represent that they are restrained of their liberty by James H Woolery Chief of Police in the City of Seattle in the Territory of Washington.
2 That the Court of their said
restrained according to the
best of their knowledge and
belief is a trial and conviction
under the respective Complaints
hereto attached of against each
of them respectively had
before S B Vrooman City Justice
of the Peace from said City
of Seattle as appear upon
said complaints
that said section I of Division
2 of Ordinance No 551
of said City of Seattle is
void and of no affect for
the reason that the same is
in conflict with the general
laws of the Territory of Washington
and for the reason that the
city
Commission[?]
Counsil[?] of
[?] City had no power or
authority to enact the same
in manner and from as the
name appears.
3rd that they each make this application for themself respectively in their own proper[?] person and also that the writ of Habeas Corpus issue and that they be discharged from their custody in the reason that therein said restraint is illegal.
T J Hurnes Atty for Applicants
The Territory of Washington County of King
Ah Korn Ah Sin
and Ah Min being first duly
sworn each for himself on
his oath says that they are
the applicants herin that
they have heard the foregoing
petition and that they know
the contents thereof and
that the same is true as
they believe
Witness E A Gardner ([?]) ([?]) ([?]) A [?] Ah Korn Ah Min Ah Lin
Signed
Signed in my presence and sworn before me this 11th day of Sept 1884
T J Hurnes
Notary Public
for King Co W.T.
