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John Heo v. Robert H. Milroy. Judgement

 

In the District Court of the Second Judicial District of Washington Territory holding terms at Olympia.

In the matter of the application of John Hero for the issuance of a writ of Habeas Corpus.

This matter coming on to be heard this 27th day of May AD 1880 upon the petition of said John Hero for a writ of Habeas Corpus and the return of RH Milroy the respondent to the writ issued in pursuance of said petition and the reply of said John Hero thereto.

And the court having heard the proofs to the report of said Heo and said respondent Milroy and the [?] of counsel of the respective parties and being fully advised[?] in the premises[?] denies the application of said Heo. and it further appearing with satisfaction of the court and the Judge thereof that said Heo is an Indian under the charge of said Milroy, as an Indian agent of the United States and   Is lawfully held by said Milroy by virtue of this said agnecy and in pursuance of the duties thereof.

It is therefore adjudged and considered that said John Heo be and he hereby is remanded to the control and custody of said Respondent R.H. Milroy and it is further adjudged and considered that said applicant John Heo pay the costs of this proceeding to be taxed.

John P. Hoyt
Judge &c

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “John Heo v. Robert H. Milroy. Judgement.” 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.0112.008

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