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Habeas petitions described a broad range of carceral, institutional, and interpersonal confinement over the long nineteenth century, including those used to demand due process, resist enslavement, challenge child removal and reservation confinement, avoid deportation, present child custody claims and protest child marriage, and to challenge institutionalization and detention in private and state institutions. As a legal mechanism borrowed from British common law and guaranteed as a civil right in US federal and state constitutions, habeas provides a lens on a diverse community of legal actors.
Our encoding practice allows us to identify petitions in these three categories and to indicate where those categories overlap. In addition to these three general categories, our team has identified the specific carceral charge being challenged as well as the particular forms of institutional and interpersonal confinements being questioned.
You may also browse or search petitions by location and/or jurisdiction to learn more about the myriad complaints petitioners brought before judges in Arizona, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon, and Washington between 1812 and 1924. Each case entry includes a full citation, a summary, links to people with a role in the case, a list of other people named, and any sites of significance. Visitors wanting access to full case files can contact the cited repository for information about obtaining copies. Those without institutional affiliations may request image scans from Dr. Jagodinsky directly. The Glossary defines the attributes used to structure data from the habeas petitions. The Code Book explains the relational structure of the data and functionality of the database website.
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Petition Subtype
- Institutional: child custody 57
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- Case File 155
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Points of Law Cited
- Ordinance No. 9852 3
- U.S. Const. amend. V 2
- “An act to establish peace with certain hostile tribes of Indians,” July 20, 1867 1
- “An Act to Provide for the Care of Delinquent Children,” Idaho, 2 March 1905 1
- “An Act to regulation the treatment and control of dependent, neglected, and delinquent children,” 24 May 1907 1
- “Government and Protection of Indian Teachers” Title 28, page 369, sections 2111 and 2112 1
- “Private Contracts with Indians” Title 28, page 367, Chapter 2, Section 2103 1
- 120 Am. St. Rep. 933, 88 Pac. 609 1
- 1913 Session General Laws of Oregon, Chapter 153, Sections 1-3 1
- 1.H. Bla 569-611 1
- 2 Kent, Comm. 205 1
- 62 Am. St. Rep. 117 1
- "a writ of habeas corpus is not designed to discharge the same functions as a writ of prohibition" 1
- Act of Congress, approved June 21, 1902, and amended April 27, 1906 (vol. 6, Fed. Stat. Ann., p. 41, and Supp. 1909, p. 529) Sec. 9 Act of Sept. 13, 1888 Sec. 8, Act of Feb. 20, 1907 Sec. 2, Act of June 24, 1902 1
- Act of Congress approved June 21, 1902, Sec. 1, 2, and amendment of April 27, 1906 Act of Congress approved June 25, 1910, Sec. 2-10 Parole Law (vol. 1 Supp. 1912 Fed. Stat. Ann., p. 304) Commutation Law (vol. 6 Fed. Stat. Ann., p. 41, as Amended April 27, 1906, Supp. 1909, p. 529) Section 3, 6, 10 of the Parole Act National Banking Act 1
- Act of Congress, Approved June 21st, 1902 1
- Act to provide for the adoption of minor children. Sections 796, 797, 799, 800, and 801, of chapter 2, title 25 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the State of Nebraska. 1
- Angelus v. Sullivan et al. US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 1
- Application of Victor Larrucea for a Writ of Habeas Corpus before the District Court of the US in for the Southern District of California, Southern Division 1
- Babbit vs. Brush, 4 Ind. 355, 359 1
- Bouvier 1. 393 1
- Brooke vs. Logan 1
- Church, Hab. Corp. 444 1
- Church on habeas corpus pages 679-580 1
- Church on Habeas Corpus Section 454, page 591 1
- City of Omaha, Ordinance No. 9852 - Making it unlawful to expose another to venereal infection. 1
- Clark vs. Bayer 1
- Com. v. Dougherty 1
- Commonwealth v. Cushing, 11 Mass. 67 1
- Commonwealth v. Downer, 24 Peck 227 1
- Commonwealth v. Fox, 7 Pa. St. 336 1
- Cubyluck v. Bell, US District Court, Eastern District of New York (DOJ Bulletin No. 28) 1
- delinquency law 1
- Earl v. Godley 1
- Ex parte Ah Peen, 51 Calif. 280 1
- Ex parte Bowers, supra, Chief Justice Moores, 397 1
- Ex parte Crause, 5 A. & E. Annotated Cases, 92, 1905 1
- Ex parte McDonald 9 Am L.R. 661 1
- Ex parte Satterthwait, 52 Mont. 550, 160 Pac. 343 1
- Ex parte Schnied, 1 Dill. 587 1
- Exparte Anderson, 16 Iowa 1
- Fok Young Yo v. United States, 185 US 296, 305 1
- Foster vs. Meyers, 59 Or. 549-550 1
- Gillard v. Clark 179 N.W.396 1
- Hartman v. Hartman, 59 Ill. 57 1
- Heatherly v. Hadley 4 Ore. 1 1
- Hurd Hab. Corp. 545 1
- Hurd on Habeas Corpus, 528-537 1
- Immigration Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stats. 1086); Nishimura Ekiu v. United States, 142 US 651, 660 1
- In re Baker, 23 Fed. Rep. 30 1
- In re Bort 1
- In re Chapman, 37 Fed. Rep. 327 1
- In re Collin, 25 How. Pr. 157 1
- In re Doyle, 18 Fed. Rep. 369 1
- In re Grimby, 187 U.S. 147 1
- In re Hope, 15 Fed. Rep. 259 1
- In re McNulty, 2 Lowell 270 1
- In re Morrissey, 137 Ill. 57 1
- In re Norton, 68 Pac. 659 1
- In re Sheegre, 3 Mackey 323 1
- In re Webb, 24 How. Pr. 247 1
- Indian Appropriation Act 1
- Indian Civilization Act 1
- Juvenile Court of Shelby Co. vs. State ex rel Humphrey, 139 Tenn. 549, 201 S.W. 771 1
- Kelley v. Sprout, 97 Mass. 169 1
- Kelsey vs. Carroll, 38 Pac. 867-868 1
- Kennedy vs. Meara, 9 Am. and Eng. Cases 396 1
- Kent 555 1
- Knapp v. Wallace, 50 Oreg. 347 1
- Kobogum v. Jackson Iron Co. 1
- Lem Moon Sing v. United States, 158 US 538 1
- Lord’s Oregon Laws, Section 4406 1
- Lord’s Oregon Laws, Section 7097 1
- Lord’s Oregon Laws, Section 7099 1
- Lyons vs. Blenkin 1
- Military Draft Law 1
- Mills vs. Brown, 31st Utah, 473 1
- Montour vs. Purdy, 11 Minn. 384 1
- Northcut v. Lemery, 8 Ore. 316 1
- Nugent vs. Powell, 4 Wyo. 139, 33rd. Pac, 23-28, 20 LRA 199 1
- Ogden vs. State 156 N.W. 476-477 1
- Omaha City Ordinance #9852 - Making it unlawful to expose others to venereal disease (full copy of ordinance in case file) 1
- Omaha City Ordinance No. 9853, that it is unlawful for any person to expose others to infection, and must submit to examination (full text included in CF) 1
- Parsons on Cont. 7 1
- Petition of Trinkhoff before the US District Court, Northern District of Illinois 1
- Pool v. Gott 1
- R. S. “Government and Protection of Indian Teachers” Title 28, Chapter 1, page 363, Sections 2071 and 2072 1
- re: Cosenow, 37 Federal Reporter, 668; re: Dowd, 90 Federal Reporter, 718 1
- re: Dohrendorf, et al. 40 Federal Reporter, 148 1
- re: Kaufman, 41 Federal Report, 876 1
- Re Sharp, 18 L. R. A., N.S., 886 1
- Rex v. Delaval 1
- Reynolds v. Howe, 51 Conn. 472 1
- right to sue as a poor person 1
- Rule v. Geddes, 23 App. D. C., 31 1
- Rustamento v. Analla, 1 New Mex. 255; 1
- Sale of Alaska to the United States by the Emperor of Russia, article 3 1
- S.E. H US Reporter 54 1
- Sec. 1042 Revised Statutes of the United States Law of 1878 1
- Sec. 4289§b and Sec. 4289§jj of the Compiled Statutes of Washington Act of September 22nd 1922, 4358b Comp. Stat., Sup. 1923 Stat. at Large, 1022 165 Fed. 980-983 Ex Part Suzanna, 295 Fed. 713 Ex Parte Moola Singh, et al., 207 Fed. 780 Ex Parte Horn, 292 Fed. 455 Chin Hoy vs. U. S. 293 Fed. 750 Due Process Law Clause of the 5th Amendment U. S. vs. Todd, 285 Fed. 523 1
People
- Smith, Robert (Clerk); 29
- Colvin, John W. 24
- Cushman, Edward E. 15
- Redick, William A. 15
- Stewart, Willard E. 14
- Clark, Michael L. (Sheriff) 11
- Greene, Robert J. 11
- Hoagland, Henry V. (sheriff) 11
- Manning, Ernest T. (Ernest C.) 10
- Steere Jr., Asel (Deputy) 10
- Sumner, Edwin Vose 10
- Troupe, A. C. (Troup) 10
- Cornish, Albert J. 9
- Hay, John T. 9
- Frost, Lincoln 8
- Macfarland, John M. 8
- Sears, Willis G. 8
- Bingham, George G. 7
- Boyer, U. G. (clerk) 7
- Broadwell, Frank A. (clerk) 7
- Crosby, Frank L. (clerk) 7
- Galloway, William 7
- Goss, Charles A. 7
- Hyers, Gus A. (sheriff) 7
- Miller, Ira (Sheriff) 7
- Steiner, R. E. Lee 7
- Clark, Michael L. [sheriff] 6
- Estelle, Lee S. 6
- Greene, James L. 6
- Greene, Philip F. 6
- Holmes, Edward P. 6
- Morning, William McClellen 6
- Smith, Robert [clerk] 6
- Sutton, Abraham L. 6
- Zellars, Clyde B. (deputy sheriff) 6
- Bumbaugh, Edward R. (Notary Public) 5
- Button, William F. 5
- Clark, Michael L. 5
- Doyle, Thomas J. 5
- English, James P. 5
- Esch, William (sheriff) 5
- Fishburne, George P. 5
- Foster, W. A. (Deputy) 5
- Gehlhar, Max (clerk) 5
- Halligan, O. P. 5
- Magney, George A. 5
- Munger, William H. 5
- Power, John (sheriff) 5
- Quivey, Elmer P. (Quivy) 5
- Ress, Nicholas (sheriff) 5
- Steere, Asel Jr. (deputy clerk) 5
- Steere, Asel Jr. (Deputy) 5
- Bell, William R. 4
- Berger, Alta (Alta Burger) 4
- Bower, O. D. (deputy sheriff) 4
- Boyer, U. G. (deputy clerk) 4
- Boyle, John M. (U.S. marshal) 4
- Eberstein, Marshall 4
- Greene, H. A. (Green) 4
- Harshberger, F. M. (deputy) 4
- Jones, Richard A. 4
- Kirkham, Ralph Wilson 4
- Shepherd, Frederick 4
- Sickels W. K. (Clerk) 4
- Towle, Maxwell G. 4
- Vosburg, August H. (A.H. Vossburgh, A.H. Vosburgh, A.H. Vosberg) 4
- Woodard, D. S. (Woodward) 4
- Allyn, Arthur E. 3
- Ayers, George W. 3
- Baxter, Irving F. 3
- Baxter, Mark W. 3
- Benjamin, Joseph A. 3
- Berger, John M. 3
- Billingsley, L. W. 3
- Boyington, M. G. (deputy clerk) 3
- Broady, J. H. 3
- Brown, Harrison D. 3
- Brown, Norris 3
- Burger, Joseph O. 3
- Cosgrave, P. James 3
- Dawson, J. T. (deputy sheriff) 3
- Fitzgerald, James M. (James J.) 3
- Foster, Charles E. 3
- Foster, W. A. 3
- Giller, William M. 3
- Grant, G. A. (Deputy) 3
- Greene, Roger Sherman 3
- Hanford, Cornelius Holgate 3
- Hardee, William Joseph 3
- Hensel, Claude B. (deputy sheriff) 3
- Hughart, Charles A. (deputy sheriff) 3
- Ledwith, John J. (Ledwich) 3
- McDonald, John W. (sheriff) 3
- Moore, Frank E. (clerk) 3
- Needham, W. I. (deputy sheriff) 3
- Needham, W. I. (sheriff) 3
- Oberlies, Louis C. 3
- Seavey, James (clerk) 3
- Shotwell, A. V. (County Attorney) 3
- Slabaugh, Willard. W. 3
215 results
Download JSON Download CSVThomas and Catherine Gilbert v. William Cochrane
- Earliest record date: May 2, 1888
- Petition type(s): Institutional: imprisoned for longer than term
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Territory of Washington V. Wilson D. Coyle
- Earliest record date: April 5, 1885
- Petition type(s): Institutional: imprisoned for longer than term | Carceral: assault with a deadly weapon
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
The State of Nebraska, upon the relation of Opal Rogers, Complaint, vs. Marshall Eberstein, Chief of Police of Omaha, Nebr. and Alta Berger, Matron and Superintendent of Omaha Detention Hospital, Eleventh and Dodge Sts., Omaha, Nebraka, Respondents.
- Earliest record date: September 16, 1920
- Petition type(s): Institutional: public health detention | Carceral: inmate of ill-governed house
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
The State of Nebraska, upon the relation of Mattie Cahill, Complainant, vs. Marshall Eberstein, Chief of Police of Omaha, Nebraska and Alta Berger, Matron and Superintendent of Omaha Detention Hospital, Eleventh and Dodge Streets, Omaha, Nebraska, Respondents.
- Earliest record date: September 16, 1920
- Petition type(s): Institutional: public health detention | Carceral: inmate of ill-governed house
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
State of Nebraska on the relation of Lille Walton, Cora Walton, Ernest Glenn Walton, Ledonia Walton, and Bessie Walton and Petition of Hiatt Elmer Walton, father of said children, for habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: March 4, 1915
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
The state of Nebraska, on relation of Anna C. Sieck, Relator, vs. Lawrence B. Pillsbury, as Superintendent of the State Hospital for Insane, at Lincoln, Nebraska, and Robert Smith, as Clerk of the District Court and Ex-Office Clerk of the Commissioners of Insanity of Douglas County, Nebraska, Respondents
- Earliest record date: April 16, 1918
- Petition type(s): Institutional: insanity
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
The State of Nebraska ex rel J. L. Greene, superintendent of the Nebraska Hospital for the insane vs. John J. Donahue Chief of Police of the city of Omaha, Patrick Havey, jailor of the city jail of said City of Omaha, and E. A. Bullock sheriff of Madison County, Nebraska
- Earliest record date: April 16, 1903
- Petition type(s): Institutional: insanity
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Roy Stearns vs. R. R. Lee Steiner, Superintendent of the Oregon State Hospital
- Earliest record date: July 18, 1916
- Petition type(s): Institutional: insanity
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Petition of William Gerald for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 13, 1888
- Petition type(s): Carceral: smuggling | Carceral: immigration | Institutional: imprisoned for longer than term
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus Anna Vine vs. Sheldon Jackson
- Earliest record date: March 9, 1885
- Petition type(s): Institutional: Indian agent/superintendent | Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Peter Nelson et al. v. Lewis V. Wycoff
- Earliest record date: April 28, 1875
- Petition type(s): Institutional: detaining sailors aboard ship
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Patrick Holland vs. Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner
- Earliest record date: February 13, 1913
- Petition type(s): Institutional: insanity
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Ora Miller v. House of the Good Shepherd and Mother Superior Rachel
- Earliest record date: March 29, 1915
- Petition type(s): Institutional
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
On the relation of Mrs. Lottie Parsons Relator vs. St. James Orphan Asylum Respondent
- Earliest record date: October 9, 1911
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
On relation of Charles Holton, and Sarah Holton vs. Nebraska Children's Home Society
- Earliest record date: February 26, 1907
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Nora Sullivan v. Henry M. White
- Earliest record date: July 16, 1916
- Petition type(s): Institutional: immigration
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of William Gerald on Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 1, 1912
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration | Institutional: imprisoned for longer than term | Carceral: smuggling
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Petition of George Arthur Brown for a writ of Habeas Corpus for George Uber
- Earliest record date: May 16, 1918
- Petition type(s): Institutional: insanity
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the petition of Ferdinard Marino and Carolina Beluscia Marino on behalf of Joseph Marino
- Earliest record date: December 31, 1903
- Petition type(s): Institutional: underage military enlistment | Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the Petition of Edwin L. Cady for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, in behalf of William L. Gardner vs Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner, Sup’t. of the Oregon State Hospital for the Insane
- Earliest record date: September 1, 1911
- Petition type(s): Institutional: insanity
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the petition of custody of & welfare of Patrick Quinn, Leo Quinn and Mary Quinn, neglected and abused children
- Earliest record date: October 10, 1901
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Custody transferred to third party
In the matter of the Petition for Habeas Corpus on behalf of Mary Josephine Marshall
- Earliest record date: October 12, 1899
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Yvonne LeFevre, Marie LeFevre, and Georgette Normand for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 11, 1903
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration | Carceral: prostitution | Carceral: public charge | Institutional: immigration
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail | deported | jumped bail
In the matter of the application of Willie Vangart for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 24, 1906
- Petition type(s): Institutional: imprisoned for longer than term
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of William T. Anderton for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 11, 1908
- Petition type(s): Institutional: underage military enlistment | Carceral: fraudulent enlistment
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of William M. Zook For a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 14, 1917
- Petition type(s): Institutional: spousal custody | Institutional: juvenile detention | Institutional: disability
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the Application of William Golden for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 4, 1885
- Petition type(s): Institutional: insanity
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of William Carthrum for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 16, 1918
- Petition type(s): Institutional: public health detention
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Walter Scott for a writ of habeas corpuswa
- Earliest record date: November 2, 1910
- Petition type(s): Institutional: spousal custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the Application of W. T. Gardiner for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (James Walton Jr Petitioner)
- Earliest record date: September 1, 1911
- Petition type(s): Institutional: insanity
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of Virgie La Grand, ex rel James La Grand, her husband, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus vs. Esther M. Hopkins, Supt. State Industrial School for Girls
- Earliest record date: November 7, 1914
- Petition type(s): Institutional: juvenile detention | Institutional: spousal custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the application of Viola Mills, a Minor under the age of 21 years, for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 5, 1891
- Petition type(s): Institutional: juvenile detention
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Thomas Walton for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 15, 1901
- Petition type(s): Institutional: insanity
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the Application of Thomas Janda and Frances Janda, for a writ of Habeas Corpus for the body of Joseph Janda, a minor under the age of 21 years
- Earliest record date: December 2, 1902
- Petition type(s): Carceral: desertion | Institutional: underage military enlistment
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Theofarius George Mastoros for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 13, 1918
- Petition type(s): Institutional: conscription
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the application of the petition of Emma E. Howard for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 4, 1896
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the application of Susan M. Horn the mother and natural guardian of Nora E. Horn and Rapsie Horn for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 28, 1898
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Stella Taylor for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 14, 1920
- Petition type(s): Institutional: public health detention | Carceral: vagrancy | Carceral: prostitution
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the application of Solinna Palmer for a writ of habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: May 26, 1911
- Petition type(s): Institutional: insanity
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Simon B. Swab for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 18, 1908
- Petition type(s): Institutional: juvenile detention
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Scott Brainard for a writ of habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: January 8, 1910
- Petition type(s): Institutional: insanity
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody | ordered to be re-sentenced
In the matter of the application of Sarah D. Bassett for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 18, 1902
- Petition type(s): Institutional: juvenile detention
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the Application of Sam Hop and Chinese subjects, for Writs of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 28, 1885
- Petition type(s): Institutional: immigration
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Sadie Millett and Harry D. Ryan, for the writ of Habeas Corpus for the custody of Constance Cheshire
- Earliest record date: March 9, 1916
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Ruby Gertrude Denny a minor for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 2, 1902
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: New custody arrangement reached
In the matter of the Application of Phoebe Maresch for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 21, 1919
- Petition type(s): Institutional: medical debt
- Petition outcome: Petition withdrawn
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Phillip Chiantis for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 5, 1918
- Petition type(s): Institutional: seeking exemption from draft
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Peter Mangen for a writ of Habeas Corpus for Hazel May Mangen
- Earliest record date: November 1, 1920
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Peter A. Stohl for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 1, 1913
- Petition type(s): Institutional: insanity
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of Paul Webster on Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 21, 1902
- Petition type(s): Carceral: smuggling | Institutional: imprisoned for longer than term
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
