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AKen v. W. H. Pinkney.

 

Territory of Washington}
County of King}

W.H. Pinkney being first duly sworn on oath says that he has the within named Ah Ken in his custody by virtue of a judgement of conviction & fine rendered by Justice G.A. Hill Seattle Precinct rendered & commitment issued in [?] of said judgement

January 1887

Wm. H. Pinkney

Subscribed & sworn to before me this 23 day of Feb 1887

Fred H. Peterson[?]

Notary Public

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5196

appn for writ of Habeas Corpus of Ah Kan (Chinaman)

Return to writ of Habeas Corpus by W.H. Pinkney

Filed

Feb 23 1887

James Seavey, Clerk.

By James P Ludlow Deputy Clerk

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “AKen v. W. H. Pinkney..” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed December 4, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.wa.0082.005

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