In re Permstick

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J.

The petitioner is confined in the jail of Pierce county under a commitment of the superior court, which recites that in the case of The State v. Locke petitioner was the complaining witness; that the jury trying Locke had returned the following as their verdict, viz., “We, the jury in the above entitled cause, do find the defendant, George Locke, not guilty; and we further find that the complaining witness in the cause is Leonard Perm-stick, and that the complaint was malicious and without probable cause,” and that thereupon a judgment was…