Territory of Washington}
County of Pierce} SS
To the Sheriff of said 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 bodies of James Riley and Thomas Horn, if to be found in your County, and them safely keep so that you have them before the District Court of Pierce County W.T. at a Term 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 them for assault with intent to kill; and have you then and there this writ with your doing 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 29th day of November A.D. 1862
John Latham
Clerk
