« Back to Explore
Cases
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
Basic Search
Simply enter the word you wish to find and the search engine will search for every instance of the word in the journals. For example: Fight. All instances of the use of the word fight will show up on the results page.
Wildcard Searches
Using an asterisk (*) will increase the odds of finding the results you are seeking. For example: Fight*. The search results will display every instance of fight, fights, fighting, etc. More than one wildcard may be used. For example: *ricar*. This search will return most references to the Aricara tribe, including Ricara, Ricares, Aricaris, Ricaries, Ricaree, Ricareis, and Ricarra. Using a question mark (?) instead of an asterisk (*) will allow you to search for a single character. For example, r?n will find all instances of ran and run, but will not find rain or ruin.
Capitalization
Searches are not case sensitive. For example: george will come up with the same results as George.
Phrase Search
Searching for a specific phrase may help narrow down the results. Rather long phrases are no problem. For example: "This white pudding we all esteem".
Subsequent Searches
Because of the creative spellings used by the journalists, it may be necessary to try your search multiple times. For example: P?ro*. This search brings up numerous variant spellings of the French word pirogue, "a large dugout canoe or open boat." Searching for P?*r*og?* will bring up other variant spellings. Searching for canoe or boat also may be helpful.
Filter by:
Petition Type
- Carceral 110
- Interpersonal 35
- Institutional 19
- Unknown 2
Petition Subtype
- Carceral: cause unspecified 31
- Interpersonal: child custody 29
- Carceral: immigration 11
- Carceral: prostitution 10
- Carceral: vagrancy 10
- Institutional: child custody 6
- Carceral: fugitive from justice 5
- Institutional: insanity 5
- Carceral 4
- Carceral: bastardy 3
- Carceral: embezzlement 3
- Carceral: fraud 3
- Carceral: larceny 3
- Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine 3
- Carceral: wrongful imprisonment 3
- Interpersonal 3
- Carceral: false pretenses 2
- Carceral: obtaining money under false pretenses 2
- Carceral: smuggling 2
- Institutional: imprisoned for longer than term 2
- Institutional: underage military enlistment 2
- Unknown 2
- Carceral: adultery 1
- Carceral: arson 1
- Carceral: assault 1
- Carceral: assault and battery 1
- Carceral: attempted murder 1
- Carceral: contempt of court 1
- Carceral: deportation 1
- Carceral: disorderly conduct 1
- Carceral: first degree murder 1
- Carceral: forgery 1
- Carceral: fraudulent enlistment 1
- Carceral: grand larceny 1
- Carceral: inmate of ill-governed home 1
- Carceral: larceny by bailee 1
- Carceral: libel 1
- Carceral: manslaughter 1
- Carceral: military infraction 1
- Carceral: misuse of government property 1
- Carceral: no charge 1
- Carceral: obstructing a street 1
- Carceral: obtaining goods under false pretenses 1
- Carceral: peddling without a license 1
- Carceral: practising dentistry without a license 1
- Carceral: robbery 1
- Carceral: selling securities without a license 1
- Carceral: selling trade stamps without a licence 1
- Carceral: subornation of perjury 1
- Carceral: threatening violence 1
- Carceral: unlawful detention 1
- Carceral: unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor 1
- Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor 1
- Carceral: Violation of Immigration Act of 1917 1
- Carceral: violation of Mann Act/White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 1
- carceral: Violation of White Slave Traffic Act 1
- Institutional 1
- Institutional: disability 1
- Institutional: public health detention 1
- Institutional: spousal custody 1
- Interpersonal: kidnapping 1
- Interpersonal: spousal custody 1
- Interpersonal: trafficking 1
- Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement 1
Petition Outcome
- Writ Dismissed 162
- Writ Denied 5
Sex of Bound Party
- Male 110
- Female 46
- Unindicated 1
Age of Bound Party
- Adult 87
- Minor 39
- Unindicated 18
- Unclear 6
Earliest Record Date
- 1921 12
- 1919 9
- 1923 9
- 1922 8
- 1904 7
- 1905 7
- 1912 7
- 1916 7
- 1915 6
- 1920 6
- 1924 6
- 1894 5
- 1913 5
- 1914 5
- 1918 5
- 1891 4
- 1892 4
- 1895 4
- 1902 4
- 1908 4
- 1903 3
- 1911 3
- 1917 3
- 1887 2
- 1888 2
- 1897 2
- 1906 2
- 1907 2
- 1910 2
- 1852 1
- 1855 1
- 1860 1
- 1861 1
- 1868 1
- 1871 1
- 1874 1
- 1877 1
- 1884 1
- 1886 1
- 1889 1
- 1890 1
- 1896 1
- 1898 1
- 1900 1
- 1901 1
Latest Record Year
- 1915 11
- 1919 9
- 1920 9
- 1921 9
- 1905 8
- 1914 8
- 1922 8
- 1924 7
- 1913 6
- 1925 6
- 1892 5
- 1895 5
- 1912 5
- 1916 5
- 1917 5
- 1904 4
- 1907 4
- 1911 4
- 1918 4
- 1923 4
- 1887 3
- 1894 3
- 1891 2
- 1897 2
- 1901 2
- 1902 2
- 1903 2
- 1908 2
- 1927 2
- 1852 1
- 1855 1
- 1871 1
- 1873 1
- 1874 1
- 1885 1
- 1888 1
- 1889 1
- 1890 1
- 1893 1
- 1898 1
- 1900 1
- 1906 1
- 1909 1
- 1910 1
Court Name
- Douglas County District Court (Omaha Nebraska) 76
- Lancaster County District Court (Lincoln Nebraska) 32
- Us District Court For The Western District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 21
- King County Superior Court (Seattle Washington) 11
- Marion County Circuit Court (Salem Oregon) 4
- Third Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 3
- Us Circuit Court For The Omaha Division Of The District Of Nebraska (Omaha Nebraska) 3
- St Louis County Law Commissioners Court (St Louis Missouri) 2
- Us Circuit Court For The Ninth District Washington (Seattle Washington) 2
- Us Court Of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit (Omaha Nebraska) 2
- Us District Court For The Omaha Division Of The District Of Nebraska (Omaha Nebraska) 2
- First Judicial District Of Washington District Court (Walla Walla Washington) 1
- Fourth Judicial District Court Of Washington Territory Spokane County (Cheney Washington) 1
- Gage County District Court (Beatrice Nebraska) 1
- Maricopa County Superior Court (Phoenix Arizona) 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 Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit (Seattle Washington) 1
- Us District Court For The Lincoln Division Of The District Of Nebraska (Lincoln Nebraska) 1
- Us District Court For The Northern District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 1
Repository
- History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) 78
- Douglas County District Court (Omaha, Nebraska) 71
- National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle Branch, Washington (Seattle, WA) (Seattle, Washington) 23
- Washington State Archives, Puget Sound Regional Branch (Bellevue, Washington) 14
- National Archives and Records Administration, Kansas City (Kansas City, Kansas) 6
- Oregon State Archives (Salem, Oregon) 4
- Missouri State Archives-St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri) 2
- Washington State Archives, Eastern Regional Branch (Cheney, WA) (Cheney, Washington) 2
- Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records (Phoenix, Arizona) 1
- Gage County District Court (Beatrice, Nebraska) 1
Type of Source
- Case File 119
- Docket 95
- Journal 49
- Index 6
- Complete Record 3
Points of Law Cited
- U.S. Const. amend. V. 3
- “An act for the support and maintenance of illegitimate children,” 1897 Statutes of Nebraska, Ch. 37, Sec. 1 1
- 2 N.E. 29.; Commonwealth v. Emerson, 165 Mass. 146; Common v. Sisson, 60 NE 385; City of Chicago v. Netcher, 183 Ill. 104 1
- 28 Stat. 390; Way Tai, 96 Fed. 484; Section 25, of the Immigration Act of February 20, 1907 (Stat. pp. 898, 906); Section 179, R.S. U.S.; Executive order (No. 1783); In re Tsuie Shee, et al.; Brooke v. Covinggrove, 177 U.S. 459; Gody v. Pentland, 85 Pa. 22; U. S. v. Williams, 190 Fed. 898; 4 Stat. L. 197 1
- 32 L. R. A. 659 1
- 43 N. E. 624; Eden v. People, 160 Ill. 296 1
- 43 N.E. 1108; Bailey v. People, 109 Ill. 28 1
- 43 N.E. 1108; Ex-parte Frank, 52 Cal. 606, (28 Am. Rep.); Huzo v. San Francisco, 33 Cal. 143; Argenti v. San Francisco, 16 Cal. 282; Wallace v. San Jose, 29 Cal. 180; Dillon on Mun. Corp. sec. 55, et seq.; Fleetwood v. Read, 21 Washington, p. 547; Pierce’s Code: Section 3732, pg. 596; 1
- 48 L. R. A. 261 1
- 49 L. R. A. 181 1
- 5 N.E. 707; State of Missouri ex rel. Wyatt v. Ashbrook, 48 L. R. A. 265; State of Rhode Island v. Dalton, 48 L. R. A. 775; Long v. State of Maryland, 12 L. R. A. 425; Stockton Laundry Case, in re Tie Loy (C. C. Cal.) 26 Fed. Rep. 611; Sam Kee, 31 Fed. 680 1
- 54 L. R. A. 838 1
- 57 N. E. 41; Ex-parte McKenna, 126 Cal. 429 1
- 58 Pac. Rep. 916; City of Tacoma v. Krech, 15 W. 296 Covington & L. Turnpike Road Co. v. Sandford, 164 U. S. 578 1
- 60 N.E. 98; Railroad Company v. Husen, 95 U.S. 465; St. Louis Ry. Co. v. Gill, 156 U. S. 649 1
- 623; Mugler v. Kansas, 123 U. S. 661 Ex-parte Leo Jentzsch, 32 L. R. A. 664 Eden v. People, 161 Ill. 296 1
- 6th Amendment: Right to counsel 1
- 7 N.E. 631; Munn v. Illinois, 94 U. S. 113; Shaver v. Pennsylvania Co. 71 Fed. 931; 86 Ohio Laws, p. 149; Re: Wiltshire, 103 Fed. 620 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, and amended April 27, 1906 (vol. 6, Fed. Stat. Ann., p. 41, and Supp. 1909, p. 529) Sec. 150 Penal Code 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 21st, 1902 1
- Act of Congress, February 20, 1907 1
- Act of Congress, March 26, 1910 1
- Book 39 L. R. A. 567; People ex. Rel Madden v. Dycker, 76 N. Y. Supp’t 111; Ruhstrat v. People, 185 Ill. 133 1
- Book 41 L.C.P. Co. 560; Bessette v. People, (Ill.) 62 N.E. 215; Millett v. People, 117 Ill. 294 1
- Boyce v. Tabb, 18 Wall. 547, 21: 757 1
- Brooklyn City, etc. R.R. Co. V. Nat. Bank of Republic, 102 US 14, 26:62 1
- Carpenter v. Providence Washington Insurance Co. 16 Pet 495 10: 1044 1
- Carroll v. Carroll, 16 How. 275, 14: 936; Louisville & N.R.R. Co. v. Palmes, 169 U.S. 244, 27:922; Wright v. Nagle, 101 U.S. 791, 25: 921; Jefferson Branch Bank v. Skelly, 1 Black, 436, 17: 173; Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356, 30: 220; Olcott v. Fond du Lac County, 16 Wall. 678, 21: 382; State v. Mitchell, 53 Atl. 887; City of Springfield v. Jacobs, 73 S. W. Rep. 1097; Gast v. Buckley, 64 S. W. Rep. 632; Thurlow Medical Company v. City of Salem, N.J., 50 Atl. 475; State (Margalies prosecutor) v. City of Atlantic City, N.J., 50 Atl. 367; People v. Gillson, 109 N. Y. 390; People v. Gillson, 17 N. Y. 343; New York Acts c. 691, 1887, amendatory of Pen. Code 335a; People v. Marx, 99 N. Y. 377 1
- Chicago v. Robbin, 2 Black, 418, 17: 298 1
- Chin Yow v. U.S., 208 U.S. 1
- City of Omaha Ordinance No. 9852 1
- City of Seattle, Ordinance 6036; T.J. Fleetwood v. Read, 21 Wash, page 547; W.C. Stull v. JP DeMattos, et al. 23 Wash. Page 71; City of Seattle v. R. W. Barto, 31 Wash, page 141; Venice v. Murdock, 92 US 494, 23: 583 1
- Cook v. Hart, 146 U.S. 183 1
- Delmas v. Merchants Mat Ins. Co. 14 Wall 661, 20: 757 1
- Ex parte Royal 117 U.S. 241 1
- Forma Pauperis Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 866) Section 150 of the Federal Penal Code 1
- Genoa v. Woodruff, Id. 502, 23: 586 1
- Gillard v. Clark 179 N.W.396 1
- Hulburt v. Palmer, 39 Neb. 158 1
- Immigration Act of Feb. 5th, 1917 1
- Immigration Act of February 5, 1917 1
- In re Can Pon, 168 Fed. 479 1
- In re D. Charlie Mark, 179 Fed. 292 1
- in re Hong Wah, 82 Fed. 523.; Harding v. People, 160 Ill. 459 1
- In re Huse, 79 Fed. 305, 25 “C.C.A.” 1 1
- In re Tang Tun, 168 Fed. 1
- Kurtz v. Moffitt, 115 US, 487; Burrus case, 136 U.S. 586; King V. McLean Asylum, 64 Fed. Rep. 331; Wisconsin v. Pelican Insurance Co. 127 U.S. 265-300 1
- Mann Act 1
- Nebraska State Constitution 1
- Nebraska State Statutes Page 450 Section 56 1
- New York v. Eno, 155 U.S. 96 1
- Pepke v. Cronan, 155 U.S. 101 1
- Refers to Barry v. Mercein, 5 How., 118 1
- Revised Statutes of Nebraska Section 808 1
- Section 150 of the Penal Code of the United States Forma Pauperis Act, approved June 25, 1910. 36 Stat. 866 1
- Section 15229 Compiled Laws of Mich. 1915 1
- Section 9964 of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1922 1
- Section One (1) of the Fourteenth (14th) Amendment 1
- Sections 1173 and 1174 of the Complete Statutes of the State of Nebraska for 1922 1
- Territory of Washington Statutes Sect. 617 Territory of Washington Statutes Sect. 628 1
- Title 66 of the revised statutes of the United States 1878 1
- United States Army Regulations 1913 20th, 21st, 25th, 29th, 61st, 70th, and 71st Article of the Articles of War (Rev. Stats. Sec. 1342) 1
- U.S. Const. amend. XIII. 1
- U.S. Const. amend. XIV, Section 9130 of the Revised Statutes of 1913 of the State of Nebraska 1
- U.S. v. Ju Toy, 198 U.S. 253. Ex Parte Moola Singh, 207 Fed. 780. 1
- U.S. vs. Chin Yow, 208 1
- U.S. vs. Ju Toy, 198 U.S. 253. 1
- Whitten v. Tomlinson, 160 U.S. 242 1
People
- Smith, Robert (clerk) 36
- Cushman, Edward E. 11
- Morning, William McClellen 11
- Moore, Frank E. (clerk) 10
- Redick, William A. 10
- Broadwell, Frank A. (clerk) 9
- Clark, Michael L. (sheriff) 9
- Day, George A. 9
- Neterer, Jeremiah 8
- Crosby, Frank L. (clerk) 7
- Eberstein, Marshall 7
- Endres, Michael L. (M. L. Endres) 7
- Estelle, Lee S. 7
- Fitzgerald, James M. (James J.) 7
- Leslie, Charles 7
- Power, John (sheriff) 7
- Sears, Willis G. 7
- White, Henry M. 7
- Boyle, John M. (U. S. Marshal) 6
- Cornish, Albert J. 6
- Goss, Charles A. 6
- Grossmann, John H. (deputy) 6
- Halligan, O. P. 6
- Harshberger, F. M. (deputy) 6
- Holmes, Edward P. 6
- Hyers, Gus A. (sheriff) 6
- Scott, Cunningham R. 6
- Clark, Michael L. [sheriff] 5
- Day, L. B. 5
- Dunn, Henry W. 5
- Endres, M. L. (Sheriff) 5
- Fishburne, George P. 5
- Hanford, Cornelius Holgate 5
- Saunders, Robert C. 5
- Shotwell, Abel V. 5
- Smith, Robert [clerk] 5
- Steere Jr., Asel (Deputy) 5
- Sutton, Abraham L. 5
- Troupe, A. C. (Troup) 5
- Van Duesen, Charles H. (Van Deusen) 5
- Clark, Michael L. 4
- Dempsey, Michael F. 4
- Galloway, William 4
- Greene, Robert J. 4
- Kolmitz, Charlotte M. 4
- Malone, James 4
- Miller, Ira (sheriff) 4
- Murphy, John Francis 4
- Roach, James (deputy) 4
- Ronald, James Theodore 4
- Steele Jr., Asel [deputy] 4
- Steere, Asel Jr. (deputy clerk) 4
- Stewart, Willard E. 4
- Wappich, William F. 4
- Allen, Clay 3
- Allen, Frank Jr. (deputy) 3
- Baldwin, John N. (John W.) 3
- Bannick, Claude George (Claud) 3
- Berger, John M. 3
- Branson, Z. S. (sheriff) 3
- Case, Otto A (Clerk) 3
- Cooley, Julius S. 3
- Cunningham, W. G. (deputy) 3
- Dineen, Frank Michael (F. M. Dineen) 3
- Donahue, John J. (Donahoe) 3
- Ellington, E. C. (deputy clerk) 3
- English, James P. 3
- Esch, William (sheriff) 3
- Foster, Charles E. 3
- Frater, Archibald Wanless 3
- Jamieson, William Nicholas (Jameson) 3
- Lones, J. R. (J.R. Loomis) 3
- Magney, George A. 3
- McShane, F. J. (sheriff) 3
- O’Sullivan, Eugene D. (E. D.) 3
- Power, John 3
- Quivey, Elmer P. (Quivy) 3
- Shepherd, Frederick 3
- Sickels W. K. (Clerk) 3
- Simeral, William 3
- Steere Jr., A. (deputy) 3
- Steiner, R. E. Lee 3
- Sturn Jr., A. (deputy) 3
- Towle, Wilbur W. 3
- Welch, P. J. (Deputy) 3
- Abbott, Lyle I. 2
- Adams, George A. 2
- Anderson, Bert (deputy sheriff) 2
- Aye, 2
- Bachelor, J. C. 2
- Barrett, John C. 2
- Baxter, Irving F. 2
- Beal, Henry (County Attorney) 2
- Beal, Henry J. 2
- Berger, Alta (Alta Burger) 2
- Bower, O. D. (deputy sheriff) 2
- Boyd, John F. 2
- Boyer, U. G. (deputy clerk) 2
- Brailey, E. F. (coroner) 2
- Brailey, Edwin F. 2
162 results
Download JSON Download CSVHabeas Corpus in the matter of James D. Lloyd
- Earliest record date: January 16, 1852
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Charles Gahres and Martha J. Gahres v. Isabella Sutton and W. H. Barrett
- Earliest record date: August 1, 1868
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Lucia Martinez vs. Thomas Barrman, K. S. Woolsey, John Ammerman & Mrs Ammerman
- Earliest record date: July 29, 1871
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Custody transferred to third party
In the matter of the application of Han Lee for a writ of Habeas Corpus on behalf of Seo Kim
- Earliest record date: January 21, 1874
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: trafficking
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Sterling P. White v. John Cody
- Earliest record date: December 21, 1884
- Petition type(s): Carceral: manslaughter
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Alexander Brown and George Brown, infants, by their father Nicholas Brown for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 17, 1887
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Not in custody
In the matter of the application of William Doran for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 8, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of Frank Krebs and Pat Daugherty for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.
- Earliest record date: October 8, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Ordered to be re-sentenced
In the matter of application of M. O. Ricketts for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for the body of ‘Till’
- Earliest record date: October 20, 1890
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In re-application of A. B. Cabe for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 5, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: vagrancy
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Maria Miller for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 7, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of W. H. Harvey for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 10, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of Application of Rose Dodson for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 19, 1891
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Albert Davidson for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 22, 1892
- Petition type(s): Carceral: bastardy
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of John W. McDaniel for a writ of Habeas Corpus for William C. McDaniel
- Earliest record date: June 23, 1892
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of F. J. Phillips for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 17, 1892
- Petition type(s): Carceral: bastardy
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the application of William Bridwell for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 8, 1892
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In re: application of C.P. Bishop and N. H. McLean for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 6, 1894
- Petition type(s): Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Application of Maggie Jones for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 12, 1894
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of C. S. West for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 1, 1894
- Petition type(s): Carceral: disorderly conduct
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Chas. Graham for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 29, 1894
- Petition type(s): Carceral: robbery
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of L. Griffith for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 1, 1894
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of H. A. Reese for a writ of Habeas Corpus for & on behalf of Grant Willoby
- Earliest record date: February 11, 1895
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Beula Dixon and Maud Lewis for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 20, 1895
- Petition type(s): Carceral: vagrancy | Carceral: prostitution
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of Sigmund Arnstein for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 29, 1895
- Petition type(s): Carceral
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In re application of John McKinnon for a writ of habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: August 13, 1895
- Petition type(s): Carceral: larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the application of O. J. Vallicott for a writ of Habeas Corpus, for the body of Benjamin D. Mills
- Earliest record date: May 15, 1897
- Petition type(s): Carceral: embezzlement
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Phillip McGovern for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 15, 1901
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of John Walker for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 25, 1900
- Petition type(s): Carceral: bastardy | Carceral: subornation of perjury | Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Joseph Lewis for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 1, 1902
- Petition type(s): Carceral: obstructing a street
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Schuler Becker for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 7, 1902
- Petition type(s): Carceral: peddling without a license
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of Mary Moore for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for Walter Johnson
- Earliest record date: February 18, 1903
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the petition of Peter Duncan for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 20, 1903
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault and battery
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Howard L. Rucker for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 21, 1904
- Petition type(s): Carceral: false pretenses
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail
In the matter of the application of Louis A. Borsheim and Helen A. Borsheim for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 5, 1904
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: New custody arrangement reached
In the matter of the application of Ernest Hutchinson a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 1, 1904
- Petition type(s): Carceral: selling trade stamps without a licence | Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Henry Cook for a writ of Habeas Corpus for and on behalf of James Garfield
- Earliest record date: May 16, 1904
- Petition type(s): Carceral: wrongful imprisonment
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Peter A. Clifford, Petitioner, vs. Herbert O. Williams and Grace E. Williams, Respondents in Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 19, 1904
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In Re: Petition of H. C. Littooy for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 4, 1904
- Petition type(s): Carceral: practising dentistry without a license
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed | writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Berl Bernard for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 3, 1905
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of application of Jenny Degauy for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 3, 1905
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of Camille Renger for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 27, 1905
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the application of James Murray for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 14, 1905
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Charles G. Runker for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 3, 1905
- Petition type(s): Carceral: arson
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Victor Walker for a writ of Habeas Corpus for Dessie Smith
- Earliest record date: December 7, 1905
- Petition type(s): Carceral: prostitution
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of Robert Volwiler and Lillian Volwiler Minors, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 22, 1907
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the application of Fred Schneiderwind for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 20, 1906
- Petition type(s): Carceral: larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
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 Clara A. Lilly on behalf of Carl A. Hebert, Bessie V. Hebert, and Oscar H. Herbert, minors, for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 7, 1908
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Morris Passovoy for writ H. C.
- Earliest record date: July 22, 1911
- Petition type(s): Carceral: embezzlement
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
