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Ray Raymond v. Territory of Washington. Motion for Change of Venue

 

Territory of Washington
County of Spokane}
In the Dist. Court 4th Judicial Dist. holding terms at County seat of Spokane Co.

Territory of Washington Plff.
vs.
Ray Raymond Dft.

Now on this day comes the Defendant in her own proper person and moves the court to grant a change of venue of this cause from Spokane County, to some other County in this Territory, upon the following grounds, viz. That this Defendant can not have a fair trial in said Spokane County, owing to the excitement and prejudice of the people of said Spokane County toward this defendant. She therefore asks to be tried by disinterested triers, and for a change of venue as aforesaid.

This motion is supported by affidavits filed herewith of Ray Raymond, J. Kennedy Stout, N.T. Caton, Fred. Stanford W.T. Edwards, George F. Schorr, Charles Aldrich, H.T. Whitehouse Thomas C. Griffitts.

Griffitts & Stout and Caton & Stanford Attys for Defendant

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Ray Raymond v. Territory of Washington. Motion for Change of Venue.” 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.0162.069

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