Territory of Washington}
County of Pierce} SS
To the Sheriff of Pierce County or any lawful officer of the Territory of Washington Greeting:
In the name of the United States of America you are hereby commanded, (as you have heretofore been commanded) to take the body of James Riley, if to be found in your County, and him safely keep, so that you have him before the District Court of Pierce County W.T. at a time to be begun and holden at Steilacoom in said County and Territory, on the [] day of March A.D. 1863 (the same being the fourth Monday in said month) then and there to answer on an Indictment pending against him for assault and battery and have you then and there this writ with your doings endorsed thereon.
Witness the Hon. C. C. Hewitt Chief Justice of Washington Territory and presiding Judge of the District Court of Pierce County W.T. this 28th day of November A.D. 1862
John Latham Clerk
