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James Riley v. Egbert H. Tucker. Grand Jury Report

 
906 Territory of Washington District Court Second Judicial District

Territory of Washington vs James Riley} March Term 1861

At a Regular Term of the District Court, Begun and held at Olympia, in and for the Second Judicial District of the Territory of Washington, on Monday the Eleventh day of March A.D. 1861 It being the Second Day Monday in said month. The Grand Jurors Good and Lawful men of said district Duly Selected certified and Sworn, and charged to inquire within and for the Body of Said District on their oath do present that James Riley Late of the County of Pierce 2nd District aforesaid on the 20th of December A.D. 1860 with force and arms in and upon the Body of Al-loe (a Chinaman) at the county aforesaid, did maliciously a Rude insolent[?] and angry maner Struck Beat and Wounded the said Al-loe (a Chinaman) and other wrongs then and there did to said Al-loe (a Chinaman) contrary to the statute in such cases made and provided and against   The Peace and Dignity of the Territory

Alleck C. Smith Prosecution Attry

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “James Riley v. Egbert H. Tucker. Grand Jury Report.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed November 27, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.wa.0105.025

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