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Sterling P. White v. John Cody. Jury Decision

Petition Date

March 5, 1885

Earliest Record Date

March 5, 1885

Record Type

Case

Place(s)

  • Spokane, Washington

People

  • White, Sterling P. (Petitioner)
  • Cody, John (Defendant)
  • Carpenter, J. W. (Judge)
 

Court is that said S.P. White is guilty of the offense of causing the death of A. L. Beardon and are therefore commit him to jail to await the action of the grand jury

J.M. Carpenter
Justice of the Peace

Witnesses for Prosecution
O. G. Rodgers John Jump
Frank Beardon E.A. Portch
Henry Beardon Howard Portch
John Jump

Filed March 5th 1885
Kate W. Feuerbach
Clerk

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Sterling P. White v. John Cody. Jury Decision.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.wa.0126.066

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