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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 Year : 1924

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In the Matter of the Application of Nathan Finegold for writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: November 7, 1923
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: contempt of court
  • Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
  • Fate of bound party: Unknown

In the matter of the application of Salvatore Giampapa for a writ Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: December 26, 1923
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: murder
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

In the matter of the application of Alfio DeGeorge for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: December 26, 1923
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: murder
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

In the matter of the application of Walter Roseker for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: December 28, 1923
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: perjury
  • Petition outcome: Writ allowed
  • Fate of bound party: Released from custody

In the matter of application of Lee Holmes for writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: February 1, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: passing a check with insufficient funds
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

In the matter of the application of Herlinda Diaz for a Writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: February 11, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: prostitution | Carceral: vagrancy
  • Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
  • Fate of bound party: Unknown

In the Matter of the Application of Antonio Sesto for a Writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: March 17, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: Violation of Immigration Act of 1917 | Carceral: deportation
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

In the matter of the application of Stanley Nielson for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: March 24, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: drunkenness | Carceral: carrying a concealed weapon
  • Petition outcome: Unknown
  • Fate of bound party: Unknown

In the matter of the application of Lynn W. Young for writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: March 28, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawful detention
  • Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
  • Fate of bound party: Unknown

In the matter of the application of Eva Ryan for a Writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: April 5, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
  • Petition outcome: Writ allowed
  • Fate of bound party: Released from custody

In the matter of the application of Martin D. Reilly and Christy Reilly for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: April 24, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
  • Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
  • Fate of bound party: Released from custody

In re application of Herbert G. Flood for writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: May 9, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: bigamy | Carceral: fugitive from justice
  • Petition outcome: Writ allowed
  • Fate of bound party: Released from custody

In the matter of the application of Fred Busch for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: May 20, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Institutional: insanity
  • Petition outcome: Unknown
  • Fate of bound party: Unknown

In the matter of the application of Larry Doyle for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: May 23, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral | Carceral: no charge
  • Petition outcome: Writ allowed
  • Fate of bound party: Released from custody

In the matter of the application of James Farrar for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: May 15, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: vagrancy
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

In the matter of the application of Thomas Cornwell for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: June 3, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: no charge
  • Petition outcome: Unknown
  • Fate of bound party: Released from custody

In the matter of the application of George W. Steward Father and legal Guardian and cutodian of George W. Steward Jr. Minor for Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: June 3, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
  • Petition outcome: Writ allowed
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

In the matter of the Application of Samuel R. Thompson for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: May 31, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: fugitive from justice | Carceral: wife abandonment
  • Petition outcome: Writ allowed
  • Fate of bound party: Released from custody

In the Matter of the Application of Willard V. Mathews for Writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: January 31, 1923
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: embezzlement
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

In the matter of the application of Jack Moyer for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: June 24, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: passing a check with insufficient funds
  • Petition outcome: Unknown
  • Fate of bound party: Unknown

In the Matter of the Application of M. L. Hills and Myrtle Hills for a Writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: March 19, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Institutional: juvenile detention
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

In the matter of the application Herbert N Humphrey for Writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: August 28, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: violation of game laws | Carceral: possession of Black Bass less than 8 inches
  • Petition outcome: Unknown
  • Fate of bound party: Released on bail

In the matter of the application of C. S. Nelson for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: December 5, 1923
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: forgery
  • Petition outcome: Writ allowed
  • Fate of bound party: Unknown

In the matter of the application of A. C. Rankin for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: September 22, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

In the matter of the Application of Harry Reedy for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: November 24, 1917
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: fugitive from justice | Carceral: non-support of minor children
  • Petition outcome: Writ allowed
  • Fate of bound party: Released from custody

In the matter of the application of Merle Arlington for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: October 15, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: vagrancy | Carceral: prostitution
  • Petition outcome: Unknown
  • Fate of bound party: Unknown

In the matter of the application of Perry Hartness for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: October 11, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
  • Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
  • Fate of bound party: Unknown

In the matter of application of Marguerite Volker for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: October 30, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: vagrancy | Carceral: prostitution
  • Petition outcome: Writ dismissed for want of prosecution
  • Fate of bound party: Unknown

In re application of Ethel De Lafleur for writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: October 31, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: vagrancy | Carceral: prostitution
  • Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
  • Fate of bound party: Unknown

In re application of Daisy Cattleman for Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: October 30, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: vagrancy
  • Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
  • Fate of bound party: Unknown

In the matter of the application of Charlie Mitchell for writ Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: November 8, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor | Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor | Carceral: maintaining a common nuisance
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

In the matter of the application of John Fenezia for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: June 17, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

Dennis H. Cronin, U. S. Marshal, et al., Appellants, vs. Mary Pierce

  • Earliest record date: June 17, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

In the matter of the application of Gus A. Fagerberg for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: May 26, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

In the matter of the application of William J. Fox for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: July 3, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

In the matter of the application of James Dolezol for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: May 15, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor | Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

Dennis H. Cronin, U. S. Marshal, et al., Appellants, vs. Charles Marino

  • Earliest record date: June 17, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor | Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

Dennis H. Cronin, U.S. Marshal, et al., Appellants, vs. Florence Godly

  • Earliest record date: June 17, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor | Carceral: unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

In the matter of the application of Harry Chandler for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: December 9, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
  • Petition outcome: Writ dismissed for want of prosecution
  • Fate of bound party: Unknown

In the matter of the application of Emma Evers for Writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: December 12, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor | Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor
  • Petition outcome: Writ allowed
  • Fate of bound party: Released from custody

In the matter of the application of Mary Peterson for a writ of habeas corpus

  • Earliest record date: August 16, 1886
  • Petition type(s): Institutional: immigration
  • Petition outcome: Writ allowed
  • Fate of bound party: Released from custody

In the matter of the application of Albert Weston for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: June 17, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor | Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor | Carceral: maintaining a common nuisance
  • Petition outcome: Petition withdrawn
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

Dennis H. Cronin, U. S. Marshal, et al., Appellants, vs. Fred Totoro

  • Earliest record date: June 17, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor | Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

In the matter of the application of John Surra for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: June 17, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor | Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor | Carceral: maintaining a common nuisance
  • Petition outcome: Petition withdrawn
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

In the matter of the application of Mike Jaska for a writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Earliest record date: December 22, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawful possession of still, mash and intoxicating liquor
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

Dennis H. Cronin, U. S. Marshal, et al., Appellants, vs. Charlie Mitchell

  • Earliest record date: June 16, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor | Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor | Carceral: maintaining a common nuisance
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody

Dennis H. Cronin, U.S. Marshal, et al., Appellants, vs. Elmer R. MacNalley

  • Earliest record date: June 17, 1924
  • Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor | Carceral: maintaining a common nuisance
  • Petition outcome: Writ denied
  • Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
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