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Daniel Ainsworth v. Territory of Washington. Bond

 

Territory of Washington vs. Daniel Ainsworth and J.S. Danford

And now on this 5th day of February A.D. 1885. The said Daniel Ainsworth is three times solemnly publicly called to come into court, as by this bond or recognizance duly taken approved and filed in this court he hath undertaken to do, but wholly failed to appear in court, without sufficient cause.

Whereupon, on motion of S.C. Hyde, prosecuting attorney, Marie N. Bennett, B.H. Bennett and A.N. Cannon, the parties of the said Daniel Ainsworth, are, by order of the court there to be duly solemnly and publicly called upon to produce the said Daniel Ainsworth here now in court, which they wholly fail to do, without sufficient excuse.

And is fully appearing to the court that by their bond or recognizance   duly made the 24th day day of November A.D. 1884, and duly taken approved and filed in this court on the 25th day of November A.D. 1884. The said Daniel Ainsworth as principal and said Marie N. Bennett, B.H. Bennett, and A.N. Cannon have jointly and generally undertaken and bond themselves to the Territory of Washington in the sum of Six Thousand dollars, [?] that if the said Daniel Ainsworth be and appear in this court on the 2nd day of February A.D. 1885 and from day to day, and from adjournment to adjournment. and from term to term. Thereafter, and in like manner appear at any other District court in said Territory, to which the name of said cause might be removed, there to answer, to an indictment charging said Daniel Ainsworth and one J.S. Danford with the crime of having obtained property of one M.H. Whitney, by account of false pretenses   and with intent to defraud the said M.H. Whitney and to render himself[?] in execution of any indictment that might be endorsed against him in said matter, there to be void, otherwise in full force. And it likewise fully appearing to the court, that the said Daniel Ainsworth and Marie N. Bennett B.H. Bennett and A.N. Cannon, were all and each of them have violated the terms and conditions of the said bond or recognizance that the said Daniel Ainsworth has wholly failed to appear in this court as by said bond or recognizance required to do, although duly called, and that all and each of the said parties, though duly called, have without any excuse, therefore, wholly failed and neglected to produce the said Daniel Ainsworth in court. It is therefore now here in dated and adjudged that the default of said Daniel Ainsworth, Marie N. Bennett, B.H. Bennett, and A.N. Cannon, and each of them in the premises[?] be and is hereby [?] and endorsed. It is also considered and adjudged by the court. That the said bond or recognizance be and is hereby declared to be and is for forfeited.

E. 440 1356

Territory of Washington vs. Daniel Ainsworth Et. al

Order of affecting Bond

Filed Febry. 5 1885

A. Reeves Ayres, Clerk By Warren J. Lockhart Deputy

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Daniel Ainsworth v. Territory of Washington. Bond.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.wa.0124.012

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