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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 150
- Interpersonal 26
- Institutional 19
Petition Subtype
- Interpersonal: child custody 21
- Carceral: immigration 15
- Carceral: fugitive from justice 12
- Carceral: vagrancy 11
- Carceral: wrongful imprisonment 10
- Carceral: grand larceny 9
- Carceral: prostitution 7
- Carceral: larceny 5
- Carceral: contempt of court 4
- Carceral: drug use 4
- Carceral: fraud 4
- Institutional: child custody 4
- Institutional: juvenile detention 4
- Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement 4
- Carceral: desertion 3
- Carceral: drunk and disorderly 3
- Carceral: embezzlement 3
- Carceral: first degree murder 3
- Carceral: forgery 3
- Carceral: murder 3
- Carceral: obtaining money under false pretenses 3
- Carceral: robbery 3
- Carceral: robbery and battery 3
- Carceral: selling liquor to Indians 3
- Carceral: unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor 3
- Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor 3
- Carceral: uttering and passing forged paper 3
- Carceral: Violation of Immigration Act of 1917 3
- Institutional: insanity 3
- Carceral: assault and battery 2
- Carceral: assault with intent to wound 2
- Carceral: bastardy 2
- Carceral: disorderly conduct 2
- Carceral: disturbing the peace 2
- Carceral: drunkenness 2
- Carceral: insanity 2
- Carceral: maintaining a common nuisance 2
- Carceral: municipal violation 2
- Carceral: opium use 2
- Carceral: peddling without a license 2
- Carceral: public charge 2
- Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine 2
- Carceral: running an opium den 2
- Carceral: suspicious character 2
- carceral: Violation of White Slave Traffic Act 2
- Institutional: imprisoned for longer than term 2
- Institutional: public health detention 2
- Interpersonal: spousal custody 2
- Carceral: adultery 1
- Carceral: advocating for unlawful destruction of property 1
- Carceral: advocating or teaching the unlawful destruction of property 1
- Carceral: arson 1
- Carceral: assault and robbery with a dangerous weapon 1
- Carceral: assault with a deadly weapon 1
- Carceral: assault with intent to commit great bodily injury 1
- Carceral: assault with intent to kill 1
- Carceral: barbering on Sunday 1
- Carceral: being a disorderly person 1
- Carceral: being in possession of stolen goods 1
- Carceral: breaking and entering 1
- Carceral: bribery 1
- Carceral: burglary 1
- Carceral: cause unspecified 1
- Carceral: conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act 1
- Carceral: distribution of circulars, dodgers, and advertisements 1
- Carceral: dumping garbage 1
- Carceral: employing females in a place where intoxicating liquors are sold 1
- Carceral: espionage act 1
- Carceral: failure to file a certificate of partnership 1
- Carceral: fornication 1
- Carceral: Grave Robbery 1
- Carceral: Habitual Drunkenness 1
- Carceral: maintaining a solicitor without having a license 1
- Carceral: military infraction 1
- Carceral: misuse of government property 1
- Carceral: moral turpitude 1
- Carceral: peace bond 1
- Carceral: perjury 1
- Carceral: petty larceny 1
- Carceral: possession of Black Bass less than 8 inches 1
- Carceral: possession of cocaine leaves 1
- Carceral: possession of intoxicating liquor 1
- Carceral: possession of opium derivatives 1
- Carceral: practicing medicine without a license 1
- Carceral: receiving a stolen automobile 1
- Carceral: refusal to pay bail 1
- Carceral: riding a bicycle without a lighted lamp 1
- Carceral: sabbath breaking 1
- Carceral: seduction 1
- Carceral: selling liquor without a license 1
- Carceral: smuggling 1
- Carceral: stealing an automobile 1
- Carceral: treason 1
- Carceral: unlawfully soliciting business 1
- Carceral: violation of city ordinance 1
- Carceral: violation of game laws 1
- Carceral: violation of liquor law(s) 1
- Carceral: violation of Mann Act/White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 1
- Carceral: violation of the Harrison Act 1
- Carceral: wife abandonment 1
Petition Outcome
- Writ Allowed 89
- Writ Denied 53
- Unknown 33
- Writ Dismissed 10
- Petition Withdrawn 5
- Petition Denied 2
Sex of Bound Party
- Male 149
- Female 39
- Unindicated 4
Age of Bound Party
- Adult 121
- Unindicated 34
- Minor 30
- Unclear 3
Race of Bound Party
- Unindicated 153
- Asian 6
- Black 5
- Chinese 5
- White 5
- Indigenous 4
- Russian 4
- Colored 2
- Japanese 2
- Greek 1
- Multiracial 1
- Unclear 1
Petition Year
- 1919 11
- 1898 10
- 1916 9
- 1921 9
- 1914 7
- 1888 6
- 1890 6
- 1896 6
- 1900 6
- 1912 6
- 1915 6
- 1918 6
- 1922 6
- 1875 5
- 1893 5
- 1913 5
- 1917 5
- 1924 5
- 1892 4
- 1895 4
- 1899 4
- 1901 4
- 1903 4
- 1904 4
- 1920 4
- 1884 3
- 1897 3
- 1902 3
- 1905 3
- 1906 3
- 1907 3
- 1831 2
- 1872 2
- 1876 2
- 1885 2
- 1894 2
- 1911 2
- 1825 1
- 1827 1
- 1852 1
- 1855 1
- 1866 1
- 1879 1
- 1880 1
- 1886 1
- 1891 1
- 1908 1
- 1909 1
- 1910 1
Earliest Record Date
- 1918 10
- 1921 10
- 1898 9
- 1916 9
- 1919 8
- 1890 6
- 1896 6
- 1900 6
- 1903 6
- 1912 6
- 1913 6
- 1914 6
- 1875 5
- 1888 5
- 1895 5
- 1899 5
- 1917 5
- 1884 4
- 1892 4
- 1893 4
- 1901 4
- 1902 4
- 1905 4
- 1907 4
- 1920 4
- 1924 4
- 1910 3
- 1922 3
- 1831 2
- 1872 2
- 1874 2
- 1885 2
- 1891 2
- 1894 2
- 1897 2
- 1904 2
- 1906 2
- 1911 2
- 1915 2
- 1923 2
- 1820 1
- 1825 1
- 1827 1
- 1841 1
- 1855 1
- 1861 1
- 1866 1
- 1876 1
- 1878 1
- 1880 1
- 1886 1
- 1908 1
- 1909 1
Latest Record Year
- 1898 11
- 1899 8
- 1915 8
- 1919 8
- 1921 8
- 1922 8
- 1916 7
- 1917 7
- 1913 6
- 1914 6
- 1920 6
- 1888 5
- 1890 5
- 1893 5
- 1900 5
- 1902 5
- 1911 5
- 1918 5
- 1875 4
- 1895 4
- 1903 4
- 1912 4
- 1924 4
- 1884 3
- 1891 3
- 1892 3
- 1896 3
- 1904 3
- 1906 3
- 1872 2
- 1876 2
- 1885 2
- 1894 2
- 1897 2
- 1901 2
- 1905 2
- 1908 2
- 1909 2
- 1910 2
- 1925 2
- 1820 1
- 1826 1
- 1828 1
- 1831 1
- 1833 1
- 1853 1
- 1855 1
- 1867 1
- 1879 1
- 1880 1
- 1886 1
- 1889 1
- 1923 1
- 1982 1
Court Name
- Douglas County District Court (Omaha Nebraska) 71
- Us District Court For The Western District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 28
- King County Superior Court (Seattle Washington) 22
- Marion County Circuit Court (Salem Oregon) 10
- Third Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 10
- Us District Court For The Omaha Division Of The District Of Nebraska (Omaha Nebraska) 10
- Gage County District Court (Beatrice Nebraska) 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 Omaha Division Of The District Of Nebraska (Omaha Nebraska) 4
- First Judicial District Of Washington District Court (Walla Walla Washington) 3
- Us Circuit Court For The Ninth District Washington (Seattle Washington) 3
- Us Circuit Court For The Western District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 3
- Nebraska Supreme Court (Lincoln Nebraska) 2
- Oregon Supreme Court (Salem Oregon) 2
- Us District Court For The Lincoln Division Of The District Of Nebraska (Lincoln Nebraska) 2
- Us District Court For The Northern District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 2
- District Court Of Columbia County Washington Territory (Dayton Washington) 1
- First Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Washington (Colfax Washington) 1
- Fourth Judicial District Court Of Washington Territory Spokane County (Cheney Washington) 1
- Lancaster County District Court (Lincoln Nebraska) 1
- Polk County Circuit Court (Dallas Oregon) 1
- Polk County Court (Dallas Oregon) 1
- Polk County District Court (Des Moines Iowa) 1
- Sarpy County District Court (Papillion Nebraska) 1
- Second Judicial Court For The Territory Of Washington (Montesano Washington) 1
- St Louis County Law Commissioners Court (St Louis Missouri) 1
- U S 1st Judicial District Court (Portland Oregon) 1
Repository
- History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) 55
- Douglas County District Court (Omaha, Nebraska) 51
- National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle Branch, Washington (Seattle, WA) (Seattle, Washington) 35
- Washington State Archives, Puget Sound Regional Branch (Bellevue, Washington) 32
- National Archives and Records Administration, Kansas City (Kansas City, Kansas) 16
- Oregon State Archives (Salem, Oregon) 12
- Washington State Archives, Eastern Regional Branch (Cheney, WA) (Cheney, Washington) 7
- Missouri State Archives-St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri) 6
- Gage County District Court (Beatrice, Nebraska) 5
- Washington State Archives, Southwest Regional Branch (Olympia, WA) (Olympia, Washington) 5
- Marion County Courthouse (Salem, Oregon) 1
Type of Source
- Case File 173
- Docket 77
- Journal 30
- Index 6
- Digitized Case File 2
Points of Law Cited
- U.S.-U.K. Treaty of August 9, 1842 3
- U.S.-U.K. Treaty of December 13, 1900 3
- U.S.-U.K. Treaty of July 12, 1889 3
- Act of Congress on March 3, 1875 2
- National Prohibition Law 2
- No. 3532 Criminal, United States of America, Plaintiff, vs. John Surra and Albert Weston, Defendants 2
- U.S. Const. amend. V. 2
- “An Act ceding jurisdiction to the United States over military reservations, known as Fort Niobrara and Fort Robinson,” Laws of Nebraska for the year 1887, pp. 628-9 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
- #15 An ordinance prohibiting the smoking or inhaling of opium (circa. 1885 in Spokane Falls, WA) 1
- 10 ann. Cas. 509 1
- 103rd article of War 1
- 104th Article of War 1
- 1429 of Hill’s Code 1
- 14th Amendment to Constitution 1
- 16 AM. Rep. 1. 8 R. C. L. Sec. 258, page 283 1
- 17 Am. Rep. 42 1
- 19 Am. Dec. 546 1
- 19 Am. Rep. 211 1
- 20 Ann. Cas. 472 1
- 21 A. & E. Page 1075, Note 4. 1
- 32 Pac. 197 1
- 34 L.R.A. 509 1
- 40 Am. Rep. 694. 1
- 42 L. R. A. (N.S.) 390 1
- 44 Atl. 125 1
- 47th Article of War 1
- 48th Article of War 1
- 54 A. S. R. 335. 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
- 57 Pac. 484 1
- 67 Pac 327 1
- 7 L. R. A. (N. S.) 125. 1
- 7 L. R. A. (N.S.) 126 1
- 7 L. R. A. (NS) 127 1
- 7 L. R. A. (N.S.) 128 1
- 70 Am. Dec. 55 1
- 83 A. S. R. 568. 1
- 87 A. S. R. 105 1
- 88 Fed. 102 1
- 9 L. R. A. (N.S.) 1043. 1
- 92 N.E. 607. 1
- 95 A. S. R. 29 1
- Act of April 11, 1890, General Statutes, Vol. 26, p. 54 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 21st, 1902 1
- Act of Congress of December 17, 1914, or Harrison Act (C. L. 38 Stat. 785) 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 the Legislature of the State of Washington, approved March 8, 1901, as appears on page 100 of the Laws of Washington of 1901" (Death Penalty Procedure Law, otherwise known as the "Rand Law") 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 relating to the issuance of the death warrant, the contents thereof, the return of same, fixing the place of executions, providing for the safe custody of the condemned, defining the duties of the superintendent of the State Penitentiary, the sheriff and the clerk in relation to said warrant, repealing all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith, excepting as to acts done and crimes committed prior to the taking effect of this act" (S. B. No. 4, June 12, 1901) 1
- Ann. Cas. 1913-E, 1250 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 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 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 57 of the Bill of Rights of the Oregon State Constitution 1
- Article XVI of The Freeholders Charter, Seattle WA, October 1, 1890 1
- Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington Sections 6993, 6994, and 6995 1
- Bell vs. State, 48 Ala. 684 1
- Billingham v. U.S 1
- Blitz v. United States 38 L. Ed. 725 1
- Blitz v. U.S 1
- Boyd v. Olcott, Or., 202 Pac. 431 1
- Carter v. McClaughry, 183 U.S. 365 1
- Carter v. Roberts, 177 U.S. 496 1
- Chapter 133 Sec. 1910 1
- Chapter 149 of the Code of Washington Territory (Year 1881;) Section 2073 of the Code of Washington Territory 1
- Chapter CLXIX of the Code of Washington (1881) 1
- Chin Yow v. U.S., 208 U.S., 8.; 1
- Code of Washington, Sec. 1933 1
- Code Sec 1271 1
- Commonwealth v. Lockwood 109 Mass. 1
- Courtney v. Knox, 31 Neb. 652 1
- Davis v. Burke, 179 U.S. 399 1
- Division 13, Article 2, Title 6, Chapter 190, Page 791 of the Sessions Laws of Nebraska for 1921 1
- Draft Act of May 18, 1917, in violation of Section 37 of the United States Penal Code 1
- Eason v. State, 11 Ark. 481 1
- Eighth Federal Statute Annotated, Second Edition, Section 1, (Under commutation for good conduct) 1
- Espionage Act, Section 3 1
- Evans v. U.S 1
- Ex Parte Cox, 3 Idaho 530 1
- Ex Parte Duckett, 15 s.c. 210 1
- Ex Parte Gafford, 25 Nev. 101 1
- Ex Parte Gibson, 31 Cal. 619 1
- Ex Parte Gifford, 25 Nevada (57 Pac. 484) 1
- Ex Parte Hunt, 28 Texas App. (13 S.W. 145.) 1
- Ex Parte McGuire, 135 Cal. 339 1
- Ex Parte Moola Singh et al, 207 Fed. 780, at page 782 1
- Ex parte Ortez, 100 Fed. 95 1
- Ex Parte Roberts, 9 Nev. 414 1
- Exparte Anderson, 16 Iowa 1
- Fed. Cases, No. 16, 522 1
People
- Smith, Robert (clerk) 18
- Crosby, Frank L. (clerk) 16
- Cushman, Edward E. 15
- Neterer, Jeremiah 14
- Scott, Cunningham R. 14
- White, Henry M. 14
- Hoyt, R. C. (clerk) 12
- Boyle, John M. (U.S. Marshal) 11
- Clark, Michael L. 11
- Estelle, Lee S. 9
- Frank, Albyn L. (clerk) 9
- Troupe, A. C. (Troup) 9
- Allen, Clay 8
- Broadwell, Frank A. (clerk) 8
- Saunders, Robert C. 8
- Woodrough, Joseph William 8
- Halligan, O. P. 7
- McDonald, John W. 7
- Moore, Frank E. (clerk) 7
- Sears, Willis G. 7
- Shotwell, Abel V. 7
- Steere Jr., Asel (Deputy) 7
- Baker, Benjamin S. 6
- Hanford, Cornelius Holgate 6
- Lewis, Joseph R. 6
- Sturn Jr., A. (deputy) 6
- Sullivan, John J. 6
- Ayres, A. Reeves (Clerk) 5
- Bingham, George G. 5
- Boyer, U. G. (clerk) 5
- Boyle, John M. (U. S. Marshal) 5
- Fishburne, George P. 5
- Jamieson, William Nicholas (Jameson) 5
- McDonald, John W. (sheriff) 5
- Nicholson, John (deputy clerk) 5
- O’Sullivan, Eugene D. (E. D.) 5
- Quinley, E. J. (deputy U.S. marshal) 5
- White, Martin 5
- Brailey, Edwin F. 4
- Clark, Michael L. [sheriff] 4
- Drexel, John C. (sheriff) 4
- Dunn, Henry W. 4
- Eberstein, Marshall 4
- Foster, Charles E. 4
- Gamble, Archibald (Clerk) 4
- Gordon, S. I. (Police Judge); 4
- Greene, Roger Sherman 4
- Harshberger, F. M. (deputy) 4
- Howell, Francis Singleton 4
- Humes, Thomas J. 4
- Miller, John F. 4
- Moodie, Albert 4
- Moore, Ben L. 4
- Munger, William H. 4
- Power, John (sheriff) 4
- Redick, William A. 4
- Sargeant, John H. (Sargent) 4
- Seavey, Webber S. (W. F.) 4
- Slabaugh, Willard. W. 4
- Smith, Robert [clerk] 4
- Vanderveer, George F. (George T. Vanderveer) 4
- Ware, John D. (Wear) 4
- White, William H. 4
- Bell, William R. 3
- Bennett, George A. 3
- Berka, Louis 3
- Boehler, Edwin C. 3
- Bower, O. D. (deputy sheriff) 3
- Boyle, John M. 3
- Carr, William C. 3
- Clark, Michael L. (sheriff) 3
- Cronin, Dennis H. 3
- Day, George A. 3
- De Bruler, Ellis 3
- Densmore, J. B. 3
- Donahue, John J. (Donahoe) 3
- Drake, James C (Clerk) 3
- Ellington, E. C. (deputy clerk) 3
- Fitzgerald, James M. (James J.) 3
- Foster, W. A. 3
- Griffin, Arthur E. 3
- Henshaw, Art (alleged co-conspirator) 3
- Hoyt, John Philo 3
- Joy, Albert H. (Immigrant Inspector) 3
- Lakin, Ed. M. (Deputy Clerk) 3
- Lewis, John (deputy) 3
- Lynch, Thos W. (Examining Inspector) 3
- Macfarland, John M. 3
- Madden, Ray J. (attorney) 3
- Mahony, Charles A. (complainant, police commissioner) 3
- Mason, Lewis T. (U.S. commissioner) 3
- Moore, A. N. (Deputy Clerk) 3
- Moore, F. A. (deputy) 3
- More, Mr. Clair E. (attorney) 3
- Munger, Thomas C. 3
- Murphy, John Francis 3
- Nash, L. B. 3
- Needham, W. I. (sheriff) 3
- Nickerson, James B. 3
- Nugent, Horace D. (Canadian Consul General, complainant) 3
192 results
Download JSON Download CSVIsrael/Israil, a man of color vs. William Rector, Isaac Luther
- Earliest record date: December 3, 1825
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Peter, a free man of color vs. James Walton, George Walton
- Earliest record date: November 24, 1827
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Carey, a man of color vs. Benjamin Wilder
- Earliest record date: March 8, 1831
- Petition type(s): Carceral: wrongful imprisonment
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
John vs. William Campbell
- Earliest record date: November 18, 1831
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Application of Robin Holmes for a Habeas Corpus directed to Natheniel Ford to bring up the bodies of Jenny or Mary Jane Holmes, Roxanna Holmes and James Holmes, children of said Robin Holmes
- Earliest record date: January 1, 1841
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Habeas Corpus in the matter of Joseph Didier
- Earliest record date: August 27, 1855
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault with intent to kill
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Andrew H. Derrick v. Mary J. Whitesides
- Earliest record date: May 1, 1866
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the Application of Samuel Coulter for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 22, 1872
- Petition type(s): Carceral: contempt of court
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the Application of said William Kirkland for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 12, 1872
- Petition type(s): Carceral: murder
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
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
Abigail Clauey v. King County
- Earliest record date: May 5, 1875
- Petition type(s): Carceral: disorderly conduct
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the case of Francois Lafontaisis application for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 14, 1874
- Petition type(s): Carceral: selling liquor to Indians
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Application of Francois Lafontaisis for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 14, 1874
- Petition type(s): Carceral: selling liquor to Indians
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Alexander Hughes vs. King County Writ of Habeaus Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 4, 1875
- Petition type(s): Carceral: perjury
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
J. H. Sheffler and Josephine Sheffler v. John B. Montague
- Earliest record date: November 11, 1876
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the complaint Martin Lawson, John Strom, Christ Anderson, Thomas Steward, Ellias Krebs, Edward Haquer, John Nickels, Peter Nelson, and Victor Martinson. Marines on board the American ship or vessel "War-Hawk" for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 1, 1875
- Petition type(s): Carceral: desertion
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Not in custody
John W Harding vs G. W. L. Allen
- Earliest record date: December 23, 1878
- Petition type(s): Carceral: refusal to pay bail
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from 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 Sam Hing, John Sam, Joe Chinaman, Jim Kee, Ah Kee, Ah Sing, Ah Him, all Chinamen,--and James D. Patterson for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 2, 1884
- Petition type(s): Carceral: opium use | Carceral: running an opium den
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of Charles H. Phillips, Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 1, 1884
- Petition type(s): Carceral: grand larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the Application of Sam, Lock, and Jim for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 16, 1884
- Petition type(s): Carceral: drug use | Carceral: opium use
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Alfred Woods for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 22, 1885
- Petition type(s): Carceral: contempt of court
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
City of Spokane v. Frankie Sutsinger
- Earliest record date: November 23, 1885
- Petition type(s): Carceral: drug use | Carceral: running an opium den
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the Application of L. T. Savacool for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 18, 1884
- Petition type(s): Carceral: forgery
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from 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
Jennie Miller Powers v. Mary Elizabeth Miller and R. J. Miller
- Earliest record date: April 9, 1888
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Henry Carlton for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 24, 1888
- Petition type(s): Carceral: vagrancy
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Thomas 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
In the Matter of Application of Edgar Bunnell and Arthur Bunnell for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 10, 1888
- Petition type(s): Carceral: drunk and disorderly
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail
In the Matter of the Application of Maria L. Peterson for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 11, 1888
- 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 W. McMenemy for and on behalf of John W. McMenemy Jr., otherwise known as "Dot" McMenemy for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 26, 1890
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of Thomas Rice for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 16, 1890
- Petition type(s): Carceral: Habitual Drunkenness
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the Application of J. F. Riley for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 9, 1890
- Petition type(s): Carceral: robbery
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Claude H. Goldsborough on relation of his mother Izora I. Goldsborough for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 28, 1890
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: New custody arrangement reached
In the matter of the application of Bert Lockerby for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 15, 1890
- Petition type(s): Carceral: bastardy
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of John Reilly for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 17, 1890
- Petition type(s): Carceral: drunkenness | Carceral: disorderly conduct
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of William Butt for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 15, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: wrongful imprisonment
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of Albert Friedrich for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 17, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: first degree murder
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the Petition of A.L. Parks for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 2, 1892
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault and battery
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Matter of Application of Emma Clifton for Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 16, 1892
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of William P. Dinkens for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 24, 1892
- Petition type(s): Carceral: bastardy
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of M. D. Getchie for discharge on writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 29, 1893
- Petition type(s): Carceral: vagrancy
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the Application of Ludwig Shostrovich/Kostrouch for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 10, 1892
- Petition type(s): Carceral: Grave Robbery
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Petition of Mrs. Duncan Ross for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for the body of her Son Hallie Sheldon
- Earliest record date: July 14, 1893
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of August Klabunde for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 10, 1893
- Petition type(s): Carceral: larceny | Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of application of Sunny Luckey alias Charles Edwards for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 29, 1893
- Petition type(s): Carceral: murder
- Petition outcome: Petition withdrawn
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the re-application of Andrew Anderson for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 8, 1894
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fugitive from justice | Carceral: vagrancy
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of John Nelson, Henry Overgard, and James Noscov for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 9, 1894
- Petition type(s): Carceral: dumping garbage
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of James Griffin, William Beck, and William O'Brien for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 7, 1895
- Petition type(s): Carceral: larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Crist Tyrrell for a Writ of Habeas Corpus through his friend and agent Sigmund Arnstein
- Earliest record date: January 15, 1895
- Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawfully soliciting business
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
