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Mary Arlington and Timothy Johnson v. Lewis Byrd. Return

 

Territory of Washington vs Mary Arlington

Writ of Habeas Corpus

Sheriffs Fees:

To serving writ 1.00

To certificate Ret .50

To milge .20

Total 1.70

Filed Jan 28.1885

R.G. O'Brien

Clerk

Rect[?] Jan 27 1885

L Byrd Sheriff

Sheriffs Office}

County of Pierce}SS

I do hereby return to the honorable Judge of the District Court for Pierce County, that before the coming to me of the within writ, the said Mary Arlington was committed to my custody, and is detained by virtue of a commitment a copy of which is hereto annexed the original of which I also nevertheless; I have the body of the said Mary Arlington before you at the time and place within mentioned as I am within commanded

Lewis Byrd

Sheriff Pierce County W.T.

Dated Tacoma W.T. Jan 28h 1885}

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Mary Arlington and Timothy Johnson v. Lewis Byrd. Return.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.wa.0102.004

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