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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.
Featured story: The Habeas Corpus and Divorce Proceedings of Katie Mayes
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Petition Type
- Carceral 294
- Institutional 49
- Interpersonal 48
- Unknown 1
Petition Subtype
- Carceral: cause unspecified 42
- Interpersonal: child custody 41
- Carceral: immigration 31
- Carceral: fugitive from justice 30
- Institutional: child custody 16
- Carceral: grand larceny 15
- Carceral: vagrancy 12
- Institutional: insanity 12
- Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor 11
- Carceral 10
- Carceral: larceny 10
- Carceral: first degree murder 8
- Carceral: prostitution 8
- Institutional: juvenile detention 8
- Carceral: murder 7
- Carceral: obtaining money under false pretenses 7
- Carceral: unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor 7
- Carceral: fraud 6
- Carceral: wrongful imprisonment 6
- Carceral: assault with intent to kill 5
- Carceral: burglary 5
- Carceral: contempt of court 5
- Carceral: embezzlement 5
- Carceral: forgery 5
- Carceral: public charge 5
- Carceral: Violation of Immigration Act of 1917 5
- Institutional: public health detention 5
- Carceral: advocating or teaching the unlawful destruction of property 4
- Carceral: assault with a deadly weapon 4
- Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine 4
- Carceral: robbery and battery 4
- Carceral: uttering and passing forged paper 4
- Carceral: deportation 3
- Carceral: desertion 3
- Carceral: drug use 3
- Carceral: drunkenness 3
- Carceral: highway robbery 3
- Carceral: insanity 3
- Carceral: maintaining a common nuisance 3
- Carceral: opium use 3
- Carceral: sabbath breaking 3
- Institutional: underage military enlistment 3
- Interpersonal 3
- Interpersonal: kidnapping 3
- Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement 3
- Carceral: aiding and abetting 2
- Carceral: assault and battery 2
- Carceral: attempted murder 2
- Carceral: bastardy 2
- Carceral: carrying a concealed weapon 2
- Carceral: disorderly conduct 2
- Carceral: municipal violation 2
- Carceral: peddling without a license 2
- Carceral: possession of intoxicating liquor 2
- Carceral: statutory rape 2
- Institutional: disability 2
- Institutional: imprisoned for longer than term 2
- Institutional: Indian agent/superintendent 2
- Institutional: seeking exemption from draft 2
- Institutional: spousal custody 2
- Interpersonal: spousal custody 2
- Carceral: adultery 1
- Carceral: advocating or teaching anarchy 1
- Carceral: arson 1
- Carceral: assault and robbery with a dangerous weapon 1
- Carceral: assault with intent to commit great bodily injury 1
- Carceral: assault with intent to commit rape 1
- Carceral: assault with intent to wound 1
- Carceral: barbering on Sunday 1
- Carceral: blackmail 1
- Carceral: bribery 1
- Carceral: cattle stealing 1
- Carceral: child neglect 1
- Carceral: Chinese Exclusion Act 1
- Carceral: conspiracy to use United States mails for scheme to defraud 1
- Carceral: conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act 1
- Carceral: Corruption of a Juror 1
- Carceral: default of bail 1
- Carceral: delaying the execution of US law 1
- Carceral: detaining, delaying, and embezzling mail matter 1
- Carceral: distribution of circulars, dodgers, and advertisements 1
- Carceral: drunk and disorderly 1
- Carceral: Engaging in a commission business without a license 1
- Carceral: failure to provide for spouse 1
- Carceral: forging of post office money orders 1
- Carceral: fornication 1
- Carceral: fraudulent sale of railroad tickets 1
- Carceral: fugitive slavery 1
- Carceral: hunting violation 1
- Carceral: inmate of ill-governed home 1
- Carceral: knowingly uttering and publishing a forged customer's draft 1
- Carceral: malicious destruction of property 1
- Carceral: mixing garbage with refuse 1
- Carceral: mutiny 1
- Carceral: non-support of wife 1
- Carceral: obstructing a US officer 1
- Carceral: passing a check with insufficient funds 1
- Carceral: passing counterfeit currency 1
- Carceral: petty larceny 1
- Carceral: Pimp 1
Petition Outcome
- Writ Denied 385
- Writ Dismissed 5
- Writ Allowed 1
Sex of Bound Party
- Male 314
- Female 71
- Unindicated 8
Age of Bound Party
- Adult 245
- Unindicated 69
- Minor 64
- Unclear 2
Race of Bound Party
- Unindicated 326
- Asian 15
- Black 8
- Japanese 8
- White 8
- Indigenous 6
- Chinese 4
- Greek 3
- Italian 2
- Afrocaribbean 1
- French 1
- German 1
- Jewish 1
- Polish 1
Petition Year
- 1919 26
- 1924 20
- 1894 16
- 1918 15
- 1920 14
- 1921 14
- 1913 9
- 1915 9
- 1923 9
- 1899 8
- 1855 7
- 1889 7
- 1898 7
- 1903 7
- 1916 7
- 1886 6
- 1887 6
- 1895 6
- 1901 6
- 1904 6
- 1905 6
- 1906 6
- 1912 6
- 1888 5
- 1891 5
- 1893 5
- 1896 5
- 1900 5
- 1907 5
- 1917 5
- 1922 5
- 1885 4
- 1908 4
- 1910 4
- 1914 4
- 1854 3
- 1856 3
- 1868 3
- 1890 3
- 1897 3
- 1902 3
- 1867 2
- 1877 2
- 1880 2
- 1892 2
- 1909 2
- 1818 1
- 1823 1
- 1845 1
- 1853 1
- 1862 1
- 1870 1
- 1873 1
- 1876 1
- 1881 1
- 1882 1
- 1884 1
- 1911 1
Earliest Record Date
- 1919 23
- 1918 22
- 1921 21
- 1894 18
- 1924 18
- 1920 17
- 1913 15
- 1923 14
- 1912 11
- 1903 10
- 1915 10
- 1917 10
- 1889 9
- 1908 9
- 1855 8
- 1899 8
- 1916 8
- 1886 7
- 1887 7
- 1891 7
- 1896 7
- 1905 7
- 1885 6
- 1893 6
- 1901 6
- 1907 6
- 1914 6
- 1877 5
- 1888 5
- 1895 5
- 1898 5
- 1904 5
- 1909 5
- 1910 5
- 1922 5
- 1890 4
- 1897 4
- 1900 4
- 1902 4
- 1906 4
- 1911 4
- 1854 3
- 1868 3
- 1880 3
- 1856 2
- 1817 1
- 1821 1
- 1845 1
- 1851 1
- 1862 1
- 1867 1
- 1870 1
- 1873 1
- 1876 1
- 1878 1
- 1881 1
- 1882 1
- 1884 1
- 1892 1
Latest Record Year
- 1919 27
- 1921 26
- 1920 19
- 1913 17
- 1894 16
- 1915 14
- 1918 13
- 1923 11
- 1889 10
- 1899 10
- 1922 10
- 1898 9
- 1908 9
- 1924 9
- 1926 9
- 1855 8
- 1917 8
- 1888 7
- 1891 7
- 1903 7
- 1906 7
- 1910 7
- 1885 6
- 1886 6
- 1893 6
- 1900 6
- 1901 6
- 1905 6
- 1911 6
- 1914 6
- 1916 6
- 1895 5
- 1912 5
- 1887 4
- 1890 4
- 1902 4
- 1904 4
- 1909 4
- 1854 3
- 1856 3
- 1868 3
- 1877 3
- 1896 3
- 1907 3
- 1880 2
- 1881 2
- 1897 2
- 1925 2
- 1818 1
- 1824 1
- 1845 1
- 1862 1
- 1867 1
- 1870 1
- 1873 1
- 1876 1
- 1878 1
- 1882 1
- 1884 1
- 1892 1
- 1927 1
- 1928 1
- 1931 1
Court Name
- Douglas County District Court (Omaha Nebraska) 121
- Lancaster County District Court (Lincoln Nebraska) 84
- Us District Court For The Western District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 35
- Us District Court For The Omaha Division Of The District Of Nebraska (Omaha Nebraska) 25
- King County Superior Court (Seattle Washington) 24
- Nebraska Supreme Court (Lincoln Nebraska) 18
- Marion County Circuit Court (Salem Oregon) 17
- St Louis County Law Commissioners Court (St Louis Missouri) 13
- Third Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 13
- Us Circuit Court For The Western District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 8
- Gage County District Court (Beatrice Nebraska) 7
- Adams County Court (Hastings Nebraska) 6
- Oregon Supreme Court (Salem Oregon) 5
- Second Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Washington (Tacoma Washington) 5
- St Louis County Circuit Court (St Louis Missouri) 5
- Us Circuit Court For The Ninth District Washington (Seattle Washington) 4
- Us Court Of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit (Omaha Nebraska) 4
- District Court Of The United States District Of Washington (Port Townsend Washington) 3
- United States Circuit Court Of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit (St Louis Missouri) 3
- Us District Court For The Lincoln Division Of The District Of Nebraska (Lincoln Nebraska) 3
- Us District Court For The Northern District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 3
- Fourth Judicial District Court Of Washington Territory Spokane County (Cheney Washington) 2
- Second Judicial Court For The Territory Of Washington (Montesano Washington) 2
- Us Circuit Court For The Omaha Division Of The District Of Nebraska (Omaha Nebraska) 2
- Us Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit (Seattle Washington) 2
- District Court For The Territory Of Alaska Fourth Judicial District (Fairbanks Alaska) 1
- District Court Of The United States District Of Alaska Court Room In The Town Of Sitka (Sitka Alaska) 1
- First Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Washington (Colfax Washington) 1
- Fourth Judicial District Of The State Of Nebraska (Omaha Nebraska) 1
- The Superior Court Of The State Of Washington For King County (Seattle Washington) 1
- United States District Court Western District Of Washington Northern Division (Walla Walla Washington) 1
- Us Circuit Court Of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit (St Paul Minnesota) 1
Repository
- History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) 166
- Douglas County District Court (Omaha, Nebraska) 94
- National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle Branch, Washington (Seattle, WA) (Seattle, Washington) 50
- Washington State Archives, Puget Sound Regional Branch (Bellevue, Washington) 37
- National Archives and Records Administration, Kansas City (Kansas City, Kansas) 30
- Missouri State Archives-St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri) 18
- Oregon State Archives (Salem, Oregon) 17
- Gage County District Court (Beatrice, Nebraska) 7
- Washington State Archives, Southwest Regional Branch (Olympia, WA) (Olympia, Washington) 5
- Washington State Archives, Northwest Regional Branch (Bellingham, WA) (Bellingham, Washington) 4
- Marion County Courthouse (Salem, Oregon) 3
- Washington State Archives, Eastern Regional Branch (Cheney, WA) (Cheney, Washington) 3
- Alaska State Archives (Juneau, Alaska) 1
Type of Source
- Case File 260
- Docket 213
- Journal 126
- Complete Record 29
- Index 8
- Digitized Case File 3
Points of Law Cited
- Immigration Act of February 5, 1917 5
- U.S.-U.K. Treaty of August 9, 1842 4
- U.S.-U.K. Treaty of December 13, 1900 4
- U.S.-U.K. Treaty of July 12, 1889 4
- National Prohibition Law 3
- Section No.1042 Revised Statutes 3
- U.S. Const. amend. V. 3
- National Prohibition Act 2
- Ordinance No. 9852 2
- Sec. 241 of the Code of Complied Statues of Nebraska in 1907 2
- Section No. 1042 Revised Statutes 2
- U.S. Const. amend. V. 2
- “Act of Congress approved February 28, 1891 (26 Stats., 795) 1
- “Act of Congress of February 8, 1887” regarding Indian reservations 1
- “An act for the sale of timber land in the states of California, Oregon, Nevada, and in Washington Territory,” U.S. Congress, 3 June 1878 1
- “An Act to Provide for the Care of Delinquent Children,” Idaho, 2 March 1905 1
- “An act to regulate the practice of medicine and surgery in the State of Washington and to license physicians and surgeons, to punish all persons violating the provisions of this act, and to repeal all laws in conflict therewith, and declaring an emergency” and its amendment consisting of sections 6284-6285-6286-6287-6288-6289-6290 and 6291 of Pierce’s Code of the State of Washington 1
- “An Act to regulation the treatment and control of dependent, neglected, and delinquent children,” 24 May 1907 1
- “chapter one hundred and sixty-four of the laws of the first session of the Fifty-second Congress, passed on the thirteenth day of July, 1892” 1
- “section 5 of Rule 246 prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior for the government of the Indian office” 1
- 103rd article of War 1
- 104 Pac. 296 1
- 104th Article of War 1
- 12 R. C. L., p. 1214-5 1
- 1429 of Hill’s Code 1
- 14th Amendment to Constitution 1
- 1865 Treaty with the Winnebago 1
- 1875 Constitution of the State of Nebraska 1
- 1899 Criminal Code of Alaska 1
- 1913 Session General Laws of Oregon, Chapter 153, Sections 1-3 1
- 1916 Compiled Statutes of the United States, Section 1706 1
- 2 Kent, Comm. 205 1
- 21 Ann Cas. 465 1
- 25 L. R. A. (N.S.) 172 1
- 47th Article of War 1
- 48th Article of War 1
- 55 A. S. R. 259 State V Perkins, 143 La. 55: 120 N. W. 62 In re Williams, 39 Minn. 172: 39 N. W. 65 Ex Parte Shaw, 7 Ohio St. 81 1
- 642 of Lord’s Oregon Laws 1
- 70 Am. Dec. 55 1
- "a writ of habeas corpus is not designed to discharge the same functions as a writ of prohibition" 1
- Act of April 11, 1890, General Statutes, Vol. 26, p. 54 1
- Act of Congress, approved February 20, 1907, amended by the act Approved March 26th, 1910 White Slave Traffic Act An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States, approved March 3, 1903 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 of March 26th, 1910 1
- Act of February 5 1917; Chin Yow v. U.S.,208 U.S. 8; U.S. v. Ju Toy, 198 U.S. 253; Ex parte Moola Singh, 207 Fed. 780; Lapina v. Williams, 232 U.S. 78; Frick v. Lewis, 195 Fed. 693; Sinincalchi v. Thomas, 195 Fed. 701; Subdivision 4, Rule 23 of the Immigration Rules 1
- Act of Jan 15, 1897 1
- Act of March 3, 1885 1
- Amended Section 4407 in Lord’s Oregon Laws 1
- An Act for the incorporation of Towns and Villages in the Territory of Washington approved February 2, 1888 Ordinance 3 section 2 of the ordinances of the town of Garfield, Washington Section 6 of article 3 of the ordinances of the town of Garfield, Washington Section 12 of article 8 of the ordinances of Garfield, Washington. 1
- An Act to authorize the appointment of shipping Commissioners by the several Circuit Courts of the United States to superintend the shipping and discharge of Seamen engaged in merchant ships belonging to the United States and for the further protection of Seamen (Approved June 7, 1872) 1
- Ann. Cas. 1914 A., pp. 740, 758 1
- Article 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution 1
- Article 1, Section 10, of the Oregon State Constitution 1
- Article 1, Section 10 of the United States Constitution 1
- Article 1, Section 13, Constitution of Oregon 1
- Article 1, Section 15, Constitution of Oregon 1
- Article 1, Section 16 of the Nebraska State Constitution 1
- Article 1, Section 16 of the United States Constitution 1
- Article 1, Section 33, of the Oregon State Constitution 1
- Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution 1
- Article 17 of the Oregon State Constitution 1
- Article 17, Section 1 of the Oregon State Constitution 1
- Article 2, Page 3145 of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1922 1
- Article 4, Section 2, of the Oregon State Constitution 1
- Article 5 and 14 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States; Section 766 of the Revised Statutes; In Re Jugiro 140 United States 295; In Re M. Kane 61 Fed. 205; Section 766 of the Revised Statutes; 1
- Article 57 of the Bill of Rights of the Oregon State Constitution 1
- Article 6 and 14 of the U.S. Constitution 1
- Article 6, Article 14 of U.S. Constitution Re Jugiro 140 U.S. 295 In Re M’Kane 61 Fed. 205 1
- Article V of the Constitution 1
- Article VI of the Constitution 1
- Article XVI of The Freeholders Charter, Seattle WA, October 1, 1890 1
- Babbit vs. Brush, 4 Ind. 355, 359 1
- Boyd v. Olcott, Or., 202 Pac. 431 1
- Brown Judgments (2nd Ed Secs 97 to 110) 1
- Carter v. McClaughry, 183 U.S. 365 1
- Carter v. Roberts, 177 U.S. 496 1
- Case No. 6921, Cronin, U.S. Marshal, et al., vs. William J. Fox 1
- Chapter 133 Sec. 1910 1
- Chapter 205, Sec. 14, of the Public Laws of Massachusetts Section 719, 2 Hill’s Code 1
- Chapter CLXIX of the Code of Washington (1881) 1
- Chin Yow v. U.S., 208 U.S. 1
- Church, Hab. Corp. 444 1
- City of Omaha, Ordinance No. 9852 - Making it unlawful to expose another to venereal infection. 1
- Code Sec 1271 1
- Coffee v. Black, 82 Va. 567 1
- Com. v. Dougherty 1
- Commonwealth v. Lockwood 109 Mass. 1
- Corrie v. Corrie, 42 Mich. 509, 4 N. W. 213 1
- Davis v. Burke, 179 U.S. 399 1
- Dawes Act 1
- delinquency law 1
- Division 13, Article 2, Title 6, Chapter 190, Page 791 of the Sessions Laws of Nebraska for 1921 1
- Eason v. State, 11 Ark. 481 1
- Eaton v. State of West Virginia, 91 Fed. 760 1
- Ex parge Milligan, 4 Wall 131 1
- Ex parte Ah Peen, 51 Calif. 280 1
- Ex parte Barnes, 54 Or. 548 1
- Ex parte Bernert 7 Pac. Coast Law J. 460 1
- Ex parte Bulger 60 Calif 438 1
- Ex parte Cox 32 Pac 197 (Idaho) 1
People
- Smith, Robert (clerk) 56
- Stewart, Willard E. 32
- Hoyt, R. C. (clerk) 27
- Neterer, Jeremiah 27
- Clark, Michael L. 24
- Redick, William A. 21
- Woodrough, Joseph William 21
- Steere Jr., Asel (Deputy) 19
- White, Henry M. 19
- Cushman, Edward E. 17
- Clark, Michael L. (sheriff) 15
- Hanford, Cornelius Holgate 15
- Colvin, John W. 14
- Estelle, Lee S. 14
- Morning, William McClellen 14
- Troupe, A. C. (Troup) 13
- Cornish, Albert J. 12
- O’Sullivan, Eugene D. (E. D.) 12
- Baker, E. (clerk) 11
- Cronin, Dennis H. 11
- Hyers, Gus A. (sheriff) 11
- Miller, Ira (sheriff) 11
- Saunders, Robert C. 11
- Scott, Andrew C. 11
- Sears, Willis G. 11
- Crosby, Frank L. (Clerk) 10
- Fitzgerald, James M. (James J.) 10
- Moore, F. A. (Deputy) 10
- Altschuler, Alex 9
- Holmes, Edward P. 9
- Munger, Thomas C. 9
- Shotwell, A. V. (county attorney) 9
- Beal, Henry (County Attorney) 8
- Bingham, George G. 8
- Dempsey, Michael F. 8
- Dunn, Henry W. 8
- Fenton, William D. 8
- Goss, Charles A. 8
- Hall, Charles L. 8
- Harris, J. D. (deputy) 8
- Hoagland, Henry V. (sheriff) 8
- Jamieson, William Nicholas (Jameson) 8
- Koch, E. E. (Clerk) 8
- Mcdonald, John W. (sheriff) 8
- Moore, Frank E. (clerk) 8
- Morrissey, Andrew Marcus 8
- Pierce, Ralph S. 8
- Smith, Robert [clerk] 8
- Taft, William H. 8
- Allen, Clay 7
- Boyer, U. G. (clerk) 7
- Broadwell, Frank A. (clerk) 7
- Eberstein, Marshall 7
- Endres, Michael L. (M. L. Endres) 7
- Fishburne, George P. 7
- Foster, W. A. (deputy) 7
- Frost, Lincoln 7
- Humes, Thomas J. 7
- Kinsler, James C. 7
- Macfarland, John M. 7
- Miller, Fred A. 7
- Nicholson, John (deputy clerk) 7
- Pound, Stephen B. 7
- Sizer, Edward R. (clerk) 7
- Strode, Jesse B. 7
- Baker, Benjamin S. 6
- Boyle, John M. (U.S. Marshal) 6
- Burr, Lionel C. 6
- Copeland, Evelyn (Deputy) 6
- Cosgrave, P. James 6
- Foster, W. A. 6
- Frank, Albyn L. (clerk) 6
- Galloway, William 6
- Hager, George E. 6
- Lovely, William E. 6
- Manning, Ernest T. (Ernest C.) 6
- McShane, Jr., Felix J. (F. J.) 6
- Moore, Ben L. 6
- Nicholson, John (deputy) 6
- Shotwell, Abel V. 6
- Smith, L. C. 6
- Berger, John M. 5
- Berka, Louis 5
- Boehler, Edwin C. 5
- Boyer, U. G. (deputy clerk) 5
- Clark, Michael L. [sheriff] 5
- Condit, William C. 5
- Cudihee, Edward (Cudahee) 5
- Day, George A. 5
- Endres, M. L. (Sheriff) 5
- Felps, James A. 5
- Foster, W.A. [deputy] 5
- Gehlhar, Max (clerk) 5
- Greene, Robert J. 5
- Harshberger, F. M. (Clerk) 5
- Hopkins, R. M. (clerk) 5
- Hyers, Gus A. 5
- Jones, Richard A. 5
- Leslie, Charles 5
- Magney, George A. (County Attorney) 5
385 results
Download JSON Download CSVArch v. Barnabas Harris
- Earliest record date: May 11, 1817
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Malinda and Nelly, people of color, by and through their next friend, Beriah Cleland v. Robert Wilburn
- Earliest record date: December 1, 1821
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of Jesse, a man of color
- Earliest record date: July 14, 1845
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Thornton Kinney (of color) vs John F. Hatcher and Charles C. Bridges
- Earliest record date: October 7, 1851
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fugitive slavery
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Dismissed
Habeas Corpus in the matter of Jacob Dahr
- Earliest record date: June 15, 1854
- Petition type(s): Carceral: highway robbery | Carceral: fugitive from justice
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Habeas Corpus in the matter of Taylor Clarke
- Earliest record date: June 19, 1854
- Petition type(s): Carceral: larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Habeas Corpus in the Matter of William Jones & William Barclay
- Earliest record date: October 27, 1854
- Petition type(s): Carceral: larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Habeas Corpus in the matter of Israel Harding
- Earliest record date: January 3, 1855
- Petition type(s): Institutional: underage military enlistment
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Habeas Corpus in the matter of Wyatt S. Harding
- Earliest record date: January 3, 1855
- Petition type(s): Institutional: underage military enlistment
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Habeas Corpus in the matter of Patrick McDonald
- Earliest record date: January 11, 1855
- Petition type(s): Carceral: vagrancy
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Habeas Corpus in the matter of George W. Beaty
- Earliest record date: June 14, 1855
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Habeas Corpus in the matter of William O'Neal
- Earliest record date: June 19, 1855
- Petition type(s): Carceral: larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Habeas Corpus in the matter of William Ward
- Earliest record date: August 28, 1855
- Petition type(s): Carceral: grand larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Habeas Corpus in the Matter of Wm Rotenback
- Earliest record date: December 11, 1855
- Petition type(s): Carceral: forgery
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Habeas Corpus in the matter of Charles Helfinger
- Earliest record date: December 11, 1855
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault with intent to kill
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Habeas Corpus in the matter of Peter Brooks
- Earliest record date: February 17, 1856
- Petition type(s): Carceral: grand larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Habeas Corpus in the matter of James Robinson
- Earliest record date: July 8, 1856
- Petition type(s): Carceral: passing counterfeit currency | Carceral: fugitive from justice
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Ex Parte Joseph Scheiber
- Earliest record date: May 12, 1862
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of J. W. Tripp for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 3, 1867
- Petition type(s): Carceral: murder
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of Henry Craemer for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 23, 1894
- Petition type(s): Carceral: first degree murder
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Lewis Cole for discharge from imprisonment under Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 19, 1868
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Frank Walter to be discharged from imprisonment by Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 28, 1868
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of James Conroy to be discharged from prison by Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 30, 1868
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Beaumont N. Wingate for Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 17, 1870
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Ordered to be re-sentenced
In the Matter of the Petition of William H. Geary and William Williams for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 5, 1873
- Petition type(s): Carceral: mutiny
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Donald Fallon and Frank Rogers for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 6, 1876
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed | writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody | remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of Frank D. Soverign in the Matter of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 22, 1877
- Petition type(s): Carceral: hunting violation
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Etta Fritcher for writ of Habeas Corpus on behalf of Jessie Fritcher
- Earliest record date: July 11, 1877
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of John Heo for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 25, 1880
- Petition type(s): Carceral: wrongful imprisonment
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of H.A. Carleton for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 6, 1880
- Petition type(s): Carceral: bastardy
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of George Arnold for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 5, 1881
- Petition type(s): Carceral: desertion
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Territory of Washington v. Chin Chung. Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 10, 1882
- Petition type(s): Carceral: drug use | Carceral: opium use | Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of Sid Howard for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 10, 1884
- Petition type(s): Carceral: drug use | Carceral: opium use | Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Mary Arlington and Timothy Johnson V. Lewis Byrd
- Earliest record date: January 23, 1885
- Petition type(s): Carceral: opium use
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Petition of William Jones, William H. Doyle, Fred Williams and Alfred Woods for a Writ of Habeas Corpuswa
- Earliest record date: February 8, 1885
- Petition type(s): Carceral: refusal or inability to pay recognizance
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Territory of Washington v. William C. Swartz
- Earliest record date: July 9, 1885
- Petition type(s): Carceral: stole one cow
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Otto H. Dogge for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 22, 1885
- Petition type(s): Carceral: aiding and abetting
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Can- ah- couqua for a writ of habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: March 20, 1886
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody | Institutional: Indian agent/superintendent
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Mary Marshall mother of Wm. Marshall an infant for a petition of habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: June 8, 1886
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Robert Ashburn for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 3, 1886
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: New custody arrangement reached
In the matter of the application of Bertha Dogge for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 16, 1886
- Petition type(s): Carceral: contempt of court
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of W. H. Beers and E. R. Bissett for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 24, 1886
- Petition type(s): Unknown
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of Application of Henry Huckfeldt for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 30, 1886
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of Mary E. Teller for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 11, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: murder
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Charles W. Sawyer for a writ of habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: July 13, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Ex Parte Hiram VanBuskirk, Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 22, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In Re Petition of Gus Bendjus et al for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 15, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: rioting | Carceral: malicious destruction of property
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail
In the Matter of the application of Louis Leiberman for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 18, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: violation of Sunday Ordinance
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail
In the Matter of the Application of Alice McKay for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for the Body of Mary McKay Her Infant Daughter
- Earliest record date: November 25, 1887
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody | Interpersonal: kidnapping | Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the application of Elmer Buchanan for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 17, 1886
- Petition type(s): Institutional: juvenile detention
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
