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Ray Raymond v. Territory of Washington. Writ of Habeas Corpus

 

Territory of Washington County of Spokane} ss

In the matter of the application of Ray Raymond for a writ of Habeas Corpus

On reading and filing the Petition of Ray Raymond

for and behalf

duly signed and verified by Thomas Griffitts for & on her behalf. Whereby it appears that this Ray Raymond is illegally restrained of her liberty by E.F. Whittier, Sheriff and Keeper of the jail of Spokane County, Wash. Territory, at the county jail of Spokane County aforesaid at Cheney in said county, and stating whereas the illegally consists from which it appears to me that a writ of Habeas Corpus ought to issue

It is ordered that a writ of Habeas Corpus issue out of and under the seal of the District Court of the 4th Judicial District of Washington Territory holding terms at Cheney County seat of Spokane County Wash. Terr. directed to the said   E.F. Whittier Sheriff & keeper of the jail of said Spokane County, commanding him to have the body of the Ray Raymond before me at my chambers in the city Spokane Falls, in said Spokane County, on Tuesday the day of June 1886 at the time of one o'clock Pm of said day to do and receive what shall then & there be considered concerning the said Ray Raymond, together with the time & cause of her detention and that he have then & there the said writ

Dated on the 5th day of July 1886.

George Turner District Judge 4th District Justice Sup. Court

 

Filed July 6, 1886 D.A. Clement Clerk

In the matter of the Application of Ray Raymond for a Writ of Habeas Corpus

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Ray Raymond 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.0162.050

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