In the District Court of Third Judicial District of Washington Territory holding terms at Seattle for the County of King.
In the Matter of the application of Mary Ellen Lyts for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.
To the Hon. Thomas Burke Chief Justice of said District Court:
Comes now the petitioner herein and excepts to the sufficiency of defendant's return herein in that the said Return is not a sufficient answer to the petition herein or a goo good defense to the prayer of said petition.
L. T. Turner
Atty for Petitioner