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Daniel Ainsworth v. Territory of Washington. Writ of Habeas Corpus

 

1356

Territory of Washington
vs.
Daniel Ainsworth
Filed January 6th
1885
A. Reeves Ayres
Clerk[?]

 

In the District County of Washington Territory, and for the First Judicial District thereof, holding terms at Cheney in Spokane County–

In the matter of the petition of Daniel Ainsworth, for a writ of Habeas Corpus–} Order

And now on this 18th day of November 1884, this cause coming on for hearing upon the petition for a writ of Habeas Corpus, and it appearing from said petition, duly verified that said Daniel Ainsworth is unlawfully restrained of his liberty.

It is therefore ordered, that a writ of Habeas Corpus issue forthwith, out of our above entitled Court, under the seal thereof, [?] to P.W. Dillon, commanding the said P.W. Dillon to bring before me at my chambers at Walla Walla Walla county Washington Territory on the 22 day of November 1884, the body of the said Daniel Ainsworth, with such witnesses as it may be thought proper   to produce against the said Ainsworth–

Done at my chambers in the city of Walla Walla Walla Walla County aforesaid November 18th 1884

SC Wingard
Judge of above entitled Court–

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Daniel Ainsworth v. Territory of Washington. Writ of Habeas Corpus.” 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.0124.007

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