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Ray Raymond v. Territory of Washington. Testimony of W. D. Gillespie

Petition Date

June 30, 1886

Earliest Record Date

June 30, 1886

Record Type

Case

Place(s)

  • Spokane County, Washington

People

  • Raymond, Ray (Petitioner)
  • Territory of Washington (Defendant)
  • Peel, J. J. L. (Judge)
 

Recalled by Pros

W.D. Gillespie

I reached the body something less than one minute after the shot Dr Morgan Came between 10 & 15 minutes after I reached the body,

The Body was not lying same when he arrived I got assisting and moved it back in the Hall before he came Hall was about four feet wide his head was about a foot from outer door

W.D. Gillespie

Cross

Subscribed and Sworn to before me on this June 30th 1886

JJL Peel

Justice of the Peace

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Ray Raymond v. Territory of Washington. Testimony of W. D. Gillespie.” 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.0162.006

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