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Sterling P. White v. John Cody. Bond

 

Territory of Washington County of Lincoln} ss:

In the district court, fourth judicial district, holding terms at Yakima

The Territory of Washington
vs.
S.P. White.

Know all men by these present, that we, Josiah Cole, C.T. Brindle, Franklin Beardon, E.A. Portch, O.J. Rogers, J.H. Portch, & H. S. Beardon, are held and firmly bound unto the Territory of Washington in the full sum of two hundred dollars each for the payment of which we be each severly bind ourselves firmly by these presents.

The condition of this obligation is such, that,   whereas, we the above named have been ordered by the Honorable George Turner, Judge of the District Court, of the Fourth Judicial District of Washington Territory, to enter into a bond or recognizance in the sum of two hundred dollars each, in favor of the Territory of Washington, conditioned that we will appear at the next term of the above named court. To be held at Yakima City in said Territory on the 24th day of May A.D. 1885, and give evidence on the part of the Territory of Washington, in the criminal action of the Territory of Washington vs. S.P. White, under a charge of murder, how if the above bonders shall will and truly   be and appear at the next regular term of our said court to be held at Yakima city in King County, W.T. on the 24th day of May[?] A.D. 1885 and to any and all courts[?] to which the venue of said action may be changed, and there give their testimony in the above named action, and there abide from day to day, and not depart the court without leave. There as to all such as fully and faithfully perform the above condition, this obligation shall be void, otherwise in full force and virtue

Witness our bonds and seals this 13th day of February A.D. 1885.

Josiah Cole H.S. Beardon
O.J. Rogers Frank J. Beardon
J.H. Portch
C.T. Brindle
E.A. Portch

 

The Territory of Washington
vs.
S.P. White

Bond.

Examined, approved and accepted by me this 14th day of February 1885.

George Turner
Judge of the District Court.

Filed this 17 day of February 1885
Kate W. Feuerbach
Clerk of the Court

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Sterling P. White v. John Cody. Bond.” 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.0126.083

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