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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.
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Petition Type
- Carceral 519
- Interpersonal 68
- Institutional 46
- Unknown 2
Petition Subtype
- Carceral: immigration 87
- Interpersonal: child custody 53
- Carceral: cause unspecified 34
- Carceral: fugitive from justice 31
- Carceral 25
- Carceral: grand larceny 22
- Carceral: prostitution 21
- Carceral: public charge 21
- Carceral: assault and battery 16
- Carceral: Violation of Immigration Act of 1917 14
- Institutional: child custody 13
- Carceral: drug use 12
- Carceral: embezzlement 12
- Carceral: murder 12
- Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine 12
- Carceral: vagrancy 12
- Carceral: advocating or teaching the unlawful destruction of property 11
- Carceral: assault with a deadly weapon 11
- Carceral: burglary 11
- Carceral: larceny 11
- Carceral: wrongful imprisonment 11
- Interpersonal: kidnapping 10
- Carceral: contempt of court 9
- Carceral: no charge 9
- Carceral: obtaining money under false pretenses 9
- Carceral: first degree murder 8
- Carceral: opium use 8
- Carceral: assault 7
- Carceral: forgery 7
- Institutional: imprisoned for longer than term 7
- Carceral: assault with intent to kill 6
- Carceral: deportation 6
- Carceral: gambling 6
- Carceral: robbery 6
- Institutional: underage military enlistment 6
- Carceral: selling liquor to Indians 5
- Carceral: violation of city ordinance 5
- Institutional: immigration 5
- Institutional: seeking exemption from draft 5
- Carceral: desertion 4
- Carceral: disorderly conduct 4
- Carceral: disturbing the peace 4
- Carceral: fraud 4
- Carceral: petty larceny 4
- Carceral: running an opium den 4
- Carceral: smuggling 4
- carceral: Violation of White Slave Traffic Act 4
- Carceral: kidnapping 3
- Carceral: moral turpitude 3
- Carceral: peddling without a license 3
- Carceral: perjury 3
- Carceral: threatening violence 3
- Institutional: detaining sailors aboard ship 3
- Institutional: insanity 3
- Carceral: adultery 2
- Carceral: advocating for unlawful destruction of property 2
- Carceral: advocating or teaching anarchy 2
- Carceral: arson 2
- Carceral: attempted murder 2
- Carceral: attempted rape 2
- Carceral: being a disorderly person 2
- Carceral: default of bail 2
- Carceral: drunk and disorderly 2
- Carceral: drunkenness 2
- Carceral: horse stealing 2
- Carceral: idleness 2
- Carceral: military infraction 2
- Carceral: passing counterfeit currency 2
- Carceral: possession of opium derivatives 2
- Carceral: possession of stolen property 2
- Carceral: practising dentistry without a license 2
- Carceral: refusal to pay bail 2
- Carceral: selling and dealing narcotic drugs 2
- Carceral: selling liquor without a license 2
- Carceral: statutory rape 2
- Interpersonal 2
- Interpersonal: spousal custody 2
- Interpersonal: trafficking 2
- Unknown 2
- Carceral: accessory to polygamy 1
- Carceral: accessory to the crime of murder 1
- Carceral: administering drug to cause abortion 1
- Carceral: advocating for unlawful destruction 1
- Carceral: advocating for unlawful distruction of property 1
- Carceral: advocating or teaching destruction 1
- Carceral: appear to testify (ad testificandum) 1
- Carceral: assault with intent to commit great bodily injury 1
- Carceral: attempt to defraud 1
- Carceral: attempted escape from prison 1
- Carceral: attempting to enter the United States from a foreign country without a passport 1
- Carceral: barbering on Sunday 1
- Carceral: barbering without a license or certificate 1
- Carceral: bastardy 1
- Carceral: being in possession of stolen goods 1
- Carceral: bigamy 1
- Carceral: bootlegging 1
- Carceral: breaking and entering 1
- Carceral: Chinese Exclusion Act 1
- Carceral: Commission of a felony 1
- Carceral: conspiracy 1
Petition Outcome
- Writ Allowed 283
- Unknown 189
- Writ Denied 100
- Writ Dismissed 40
- Petition Denied 8
- Petition Withdrawn 3
Sex of Bound Party
- Male 479
- Female 111
- Unindicated 23
Age of Bound Party
- Adult 303
- Unindicated 224
- Minor 73
- Unclear 2
Race of Bound Party
- Unindicated 464
- Asian 42
- Chinese 22
- Japanese 20
- White 18
- Black 14
- Russian 8
- Italian 7
- Greek 6
- Indigenous 6
- German 5
- Multiracial 3
- Colored 2
- Irish 2
- Jewish 2
- Polish 2
- Afrocaribbean 1
- French 1
- Hungarian 1
Petition Year
- 1914 31
- 1913 30
- 1889 26
- 1912 26
- 1903 25
- 1888 23
- 1904 23
- 1885 21
- 1905 19
- 1906 19
- 1890 18
- 1899 18
- 1918 18
- 1887 17
- 1893 17
- 1902 17
- 1916 17
- 1921 17
- 1894 16
- 1901 14
- 1884 13
- 1891 13
- 1915 13
- 1862 11
- 1920 11
- 1886 10
- 1898 10
- 1919 10
- 1892 9
- 1875 7
- 1876 6
- 1877 6
- 1897 5
- 1922 5
- 1910 4
- 1867 3
- 1869 3
- 1878 3
- 1879 3
- 1880 3
- 1881 3
- 1896 3
- 1907 3
- 1864 2
- 1872 2
- 1882 2
- 1883 2
- 1900 2
- 1917 2
- 1923 2
- 1857 1
- 1859 1
- 1863 1
- 1865 1
- 1866 1
- 1868 1
- 1871 1
- 1873 1
- 1874 1
- 1895 1
- 1911 1
- 1924 1
- 1925 1
Earliest Record Date
- 1912 30
- 1913 30
- 1888 29
- 1889 27
- 1903 27
- 1914 27
- 1885 22
- 1904 20
- 1884 19
- 1902 19
- 1906 19
- 1918 19
- 1890 18
- 1899 18
- 1905 18
- 1887 17
- 1894 17
- 1891 16
- 1901 16
- 1916 15
- 1921 15
- 1893 14
- 1862 11
- 1886 11
- 1892 11
- 1898 11
- 1920 10
- 1875 8
- 1919 7
- 1915 6
- 1876 5
- 1877 5
- 1878 5
- 1907 5
- 1922 5
- 1869 4
- 1874 4
- 1880 4
- 1883 4
- 1911 4
- 1881 3
- 1895 3
- 1896 3
- 1897 3
- 1910 3
- 1917 3
- 1861 2
- 1864 2
- 1867 2
- 1868 2
- 1872 2
- 1873 2
- 1879 2
- 1882 2
- 1900 2
- 1908 2
- 1923 2
- 0118 1
- 1837 1
- 1857 1
- 1859 1
- 1860 1
- 1865 1
- 1866 1
- 1909 1
- 1924 1
Latest Record Year
- 1913 33
- 1889 31
- 1914 29
- 1888 26
- 1903 26
- 1885 23
- 1912 22
- 1905 19
- 1906 19
- 1890 18
- 1894 18
- 1904 18
- 1899 17
- 1919 17
- 1884 16
- 1893 16
- 1902 16
- 1887 15
- 1891 15
- 1915 15
- 1901 14
- 1916 14
- 1921 14
- 1922 14
- 1918 13
- 1862 11
- 1886 10
- 1898 9
- 1911 8
- 1920 8
- 1917 7
- 1875 6
- 1876 6
- 1892 6
- 1877 5
- 1900 5
- 1869 4
- 1878 4
- 1880 4
- 1896 4
- 1867 3
- 1873 3
- 1879 3
- 1881 3
- 1883 3
- 1897 3
- 1907 3
- 1910 3
- 1923 3
- 1864 2
- 1872 2
- 1874 2
- 1882 2
- 1925 2
- 1808 1
- 1857 1
- 1859 1
- 1865 1
- 1868 1
- 1895 1
- 1924 1
- 1926 1
- 1982 1
Court Name
- King County Superior Court (Seattle Washington) 258
- Us District Court For The Western District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 129
- Third Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 100
- Second Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Washington (Tacoma Washington) 28
- First Judicial District Of Washington District Court (Walla Walla Washington) 21
- Us Circuit Court For The Western District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 17
- Fourth Judicial District Court Of Washington Territory Spokane County (Cheney Washington) 15
- First Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Washington (Colfax Washington) 13
- Us Circuit Court For The Ninth District Washington (Seattle Washington) 11
- Us District Court For The Northern District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 11
- District Court Of The United States District Of Washington (Port Townsend Washington) 9
- United States District Court Western District Of Washington Northern Division (Walla Walla Washington) 5
- Us Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit (Seattle Washington) 5
- The Superior Court Of The State Of Washington For King County (Seattle Washington) 4
- District Court Of Columbia County Washington Territory (Dayton Washington) 3
- Second Judicial Court For The Territory Of Washington (Montesano Washington) 2
- District Court For The Territory Of Alaska Fourth Judicial District (Fairbanks Alaska) 1
- District Court Of The Fourth Judicial District Of Washington Territory (North Yakima Washington) 1
- Pierce County Jail (Tacoma Washington) 1
- Third Judicial District Court Of The Territory Of Washington (Coupeville Washington) 1
Repository
- Washington State Archives, Puget Sound Regional Branch (Bellevue, Washington) 359
- National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle Branch, Washington (Seattle, WA) (Seattle, Washington) 168
- Washington State Archives, Eastern Regional Branch (Cheney, WA) (Cheney, Washington) 51
- Washington State Archives, Southwest Regional Branch (Olympia, WA) (Olympia, Washington) 20
- Washington State Archives, Northwest Regional Branch (Bellingham, WA) (Bellingham, Washington) 14
- Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records (Phoenix, Arizona) 1
- Washington State Archives, Central Regional Branch (Ellensburg, Washington) 1
Points of Law Cited
- Immigration Act of February 5, 1917 11
- U.S. Const. amend. V. 9
- Section 3 of the Act of Congress of March 26th, 1910, An Act to Amend An Act, entitled, An Act to Regulate the Immigration of Aliens into the United States 3
- Article XVI of The Freeholders Charter, Seattle WA, October 1, 1890 2
- Enabling Act of 1889 2
- Geary Act, 1892 2
- Mann Act 2
- No Label 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 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
- #15 An ordinance prohibiting the smoking or inhaling of opium (circa. 1885 in Spokane Falls, WA) 1
- 10 ann. Cas. 509 1
- 1429 of Hill’s Code 1
- 14th Amendment, Section 1 1
- 14th Amendment to Constitution 1
- 16 AM. Rep. 1. 8 R. C. L. Sec. 258, page 283 1
- 17 Am. Rep. 42 1
- 1899 Criminal Code of Alaska 1
- 19 Am. Dec. 546 1
- 19 Am. Rep. 211 1
- 1917 Immigration Act 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
- 20 Ann. Cas. 472 1
- 21 A. & E. Page 1075, Note 4. 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
- 32 Law Edition, 274 Ex parte Nielsen, 131 U. S. 176, 33 L. Ed., 118 Ex parte Lange, 85 U. S., 163 21 Law Ed. 872 Ex parte Siebold, 100 U. S., 371, 25 Law Edition, 717 37 Texas Criminal Reports, 62 Section 37 of the Penal Code Section 138 of the Penal Code Section 215 of the Criminal Code Wharton Second Criminal Law, Sec. 1339 Re Eckart, 166 U. S., 481, 41 L. Ed., 1085 1
- 32 Pac. 197 1
- 34 L.R.A. 509 1
- 40 Am. Rep. 694. 1
- 42 L. R. A. (N.S.) 390 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
- 44 Atl. 125 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 A. S. R. 335. 1
- 54 L. R. A. 838 1
- 57 N. E. 41; Ex-parte McKenna, 126 Cal. 429 1
- 57 Pac. 484 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
- 67 Pac 327 1
- 6th Amendment: Right to counsel 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
- 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
- 83 A. S. R. 568. 1
- 87 A. S. R. 105 1
- 9 L. R. A. (N.S.) 1043. 1
- 92 N.E. 607. 1
- 95 A. S. R. 29 1
- "a writ of habeas corpus is not designed to discharge the same functions as a writ of prohibition" 1
- Act of Congress, approved December 17, 1914 Forma Pauperis Act of June 25th, 1910 (36 Stat. 886) 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 February 20th, 1907 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 21, 1902, Sec. 1, 2, and amendment of April 27, 1906 Act of Congress approved June 21, 1910 National Banking Act An Act to Parle United States Prisoners, and for other purposes, approved June 25, 1910, Sec. 2-10 Sec. 4 of the Act of March 3, 1891 Federal Statutes, Vol. 6, Sec. 40 1
- Act of Congress approved June 21, 1902, Sec. 1, 2, and amendment of April 27, 1906 Act of Congress approved June 25, 1910, Sec. 2-10 Parole Law (vol. 1 Supp. 1912 Fed. Stat. Ann., p. 304) Commutation Law (vol. 6 Fed. Stat. Ann., p. 41, as Amended April 27, 1906, Supp. 1909, p. 529) Section 3, 6, 10 of the Parole Act National Banking Act 1
- Act of Congress, Approved June 21st, 1902 1
- Act of Congress of August 24, 1912 1
- Act of Congress of June 25, 1910, Chap. 395, Sec. 2, Sec. 3 White Slave Act 1
- Act of Congress of March 26th, 1910 1
- Act of Congress on March 3, 1875 1
- Act of February 20, 1907, as amended by Act of March 26, 1910, Sections 20, 21, and 22. 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
- "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
- Allen v. Meter, 1 Alaska Rp. 114 1
- An Act Defining Vagrancy and Providing Remedy Against- Section 1 (1875) 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
- 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
- "An Act to regulate commutation for good conduct for United States prisoners" (32 U.S. Stats. 397 1
- Angelus v. Sullivan et al. US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 1
- Ann. Cas. 1913-E, 1250 1
- Application of Victor Larrucea for a Writ of Habeas Corpus before the District Court of the US in for the Southern District of California, Southern Division 1
- Article 1, Section 8, U.S. 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 5 of the Constitution, 2363 Rem. & Bal Code, 52 Rem. & Bal. Code, State v. Petit, 74 Wash. 510, State v. Gaul, 55 Wash. 295, State v. Petit, 74 Wash. 510, State v. Gaul, 44 Wash. 295, State v. Surry, 23 Wash. 655, State v. Bringgold, 40 Wash. 12, State v. Ewing, 67 Wash. 395 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 6 of the U.S. Constitution Sec. 10 & 22 of the Constitution of the State of Washington Sec. 93 of Laws of 1891 (Page 64) 1
- Article V, of the amendments of the Constitution of the United States 1
- Article XIV of the amendments of the Constitution of the United States 1
- Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington Sections 6993, 6994, and 6995 1
- Bell vs. State, 48 Ala. 684 1
- Blitz v. United States 38 L. Ed. 725 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
- Bottlier v. Donseuguey, 130 U.S. 238. 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
People
- Neterer, Jeremiah 72
- Cushman, Edward E. 57
- White, Henry M. 55
- Hanford, Cornelius Holgate 54
- Humes, Thomas J. 51
- Crosby, Frank L. (Clerk) 49
- Greene, Roger Sherman 42
- Cudihee, Edward (Cudahee) 41
- Bell, William R. 38
- Sickels, W. K. (Clerk) 35
- Woolery, James H. 35
- Koepfli, C. A. (Clerk) 34
- McGraw, John Harte (J. A. McGraw) 33
- Saunders, Robert C. 32
- Case, Otto A. (Clerk) 30
- Boyle, John M. (U.S. Marshal) 27
- Frater, Archibald Wanless 27
- Murphy, John Francis 27
- Seavey, James (Clerk) 27
- Ronald, James Theodore 26
- Sullivan, John J. 26
- Jacobs, Orange 25
- Griffin, Arthur E. 23
- Allen, Clay 22
- Jones, Richard A. 21
- Smith, F. W. (Deputy) 21
- Bannick, Claude George (Claud) 20
- Fishburne, George P. 20
- Vanderveer, George F. (George T. Vanderveer) 20
- De Bruler, Ellis 19
- Grant, G. A. (Deputy) 19
- Halligan, O. P. 19
- Pierce, Ralph S. 19
- Lewis, James Hamilton 18
- Tallman, Boyd J. 18
- Gordon, John B. 17
- Hopkins, R. M. (Clerk) 17
- Smith, L. C. 17
- Miller, John F. 16
- Ludlow, James P. (Deputy Clerk) 15
- Ayres, A. Reeves (Clerk) 14
- Harshberger, F. M. (clerk) 14
- Harshberger, F. M. (deputy) 14
- Hoyt, John Philo 14
- Ledgerwood, W. E. (clerk) 14
- Revelle, Thomas P. 14
- Turner, George M. 14
- Van De Vanter, A. T. 14
- Billings, William 13
- Osborn, Richard 13
- Gilliam, Mitchell 12
- Gilman, Luthene Claremont (L. C.) 12
- Wingard, Samuel C. 12
- Boyle, John M. (U. S. Marshal) 11
- Holmes, M. M. (Clerk) 11
- Lewis, Joseph R. 11
- Mackintosh, Kenneth (Macintosh) 11
- Martin, Winter S. 11
- Moore, A. N. (Deputy Clerk) 11
- Moore, Ben L. 11
- Reed, Charles S. (Reid) 11
- Cann, T. H. 10
- Cochran, William (Cochrane) 10
- Cudihee, Edward (Delivers Writ) 10
- Delaney, Thomas R. 10
- Hawkins, J. E. 10
- Monroe, George C. 10
- Moodie, Albert 10
- Morris, George E. 10
- Burke, Thomas 9
- Dore, John Francis 9
- George, R. R. 9
- Hodge, Robert T. 9
- Langley, James Weston 9
- O’Brien, R. G. (Clerk) 9
- Rivers, Claudius M. 9
- Steele, Samuel H. (Steel) 9
- White, William H. 9
- Wilson, William B. 9
- Wyckoff, Louis V. 9
- Boyle, John M. 8
- Brown, Fred C. 8
- Caton, Nathan Thomas (Caten) 8
- Drew, Edward (Deputy) 8
- Harshberger, F.M. (Clerk) 8
- Humphries, John E. 8
- Kolmitz, Charlotte M. 8
- Smith, Everett 8
- Snook, Herbert E. 8
- Stratton, J. A. 8
- Todd, Elmer E. 8
- Wiestling, Frank Beecher 8
- Ayers, A. Reeves (Clerk) 7
- Clement, D. A. (clerk) 7
- Ellington, E. C. (deputy clerk) 7
- Faben, Vince H. 7
- Langford, William G. 7
- Lichtenberg, Isaac J. (Charles Westerfield) 7
- McElroy, James E. 7
- Myers, G. B. (Deputy) 7
623 results
Writ of habeas corpus for Sterling P. White, an important witness
- Earliest record date: October 12, 1885
- Petition type(s): Carceral: appear to testify (ad testificandum)
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
W.M. Kirby vs. Territory of Washington
- Earliest record date: August 16, 1862
- Petition type(s): Carceral: murder
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Not in custody
William Smith vs. Territory of Washington
- Earliest record date: August 12, 1862
- Petition type(s): Carceral: grand larceny
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
W. M. Kirby vs. Territory of Washington
- Earliest record date: August 16, 1862
- Petition type(s): Carceral: murder
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Not in custody
Unknown
- Earliest record date: November 7, 1884
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
United States of America vs. Leonard Martin
- Earliest record date: May 1, 1885
- Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawfully soliciting business
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
United States of America v Aiken Salter
- Earliest record date: August 16, 1923
- Petition type(s): Carceral: selling and dealing narcotic drugs
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Thomas Reddington and Patrick Gallagher v. William Cochrane
- Earliest record date: September 15, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: first degree murder
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
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
Territory of Washington V. Wilson D. Coyle
- Earliest record date: April 5, 1885
- Petition type(s): Institutional: imprisoned for longer than term | Carceral: assault with a deadly weapon
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
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
Territory of Washington v. Mary Ann and Adaline O'Neil
- Earliest record date: November 12, 1875
- Petition type(s): Carceral: vagrancy
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Territory of Washington v. George Woodard
- Earliest record date: July 5, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Territory of Washington v. George Grant
- Earliest record date: February 14, 1888
- Petition type(s): Carceral: infamous crime against nature with a beast
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from 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
Territory of Washington v. Arlington and Johnson
- Earliest record date: January 23, 1885
- Petition type(s): Carceral: drug use
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
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
Samuel O'Brien v. Nancy O'Brien
- Earliest record date: July 9, 1887
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody | new custody arrangement reached
Samuel Montgomery v. Edwina Montgomery
- Earliest record date: May 30, 1877
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody | new custody arrangement reached
Petition of William Gerald for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 13, 1888
- Petition type(s): Carceral: smuggling | Carceral: immigration | Institutional: imprisoned for longer than term
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Petition of Raleigh M. Faulkner for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 1, 1861
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fraud
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Petition of A. B. Kelly for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 11, 1916
- Petition type(s): Carceral: larceny
- 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
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
The People of the Territory of Washington as the Relation of John Doyle Ex Parte
- Earliest record date: June 30, 1884
- Petition type(s): Carceral: obstructing a railroad track
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail
Nora Sullivan v. Henry M. White
- Earliest record date: July 16, 1916
- Petition type(s): Institutional: immigration
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Nick Mordavick, Plaintiff, vs. Joseph R. H. Jacoby, as Marshall of the above named District, Defendant
- Earliest record date: April 21, 1912
- Petition type(s): Carceral
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Max G. Cohen, Petitioner, vs. United States of America, Respondent
- Earliest record date: December 28, 1914
- Petition type(s): Carceral: subornation of perjury
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
Marion Fair vs. Territory of Washington
- Earliest record date: August 13, 1862
- Petition type(s): Carceral: grand larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
M. T. Ward v. L. V. Wyckoff
- Earliest record date: July 14, 1879
- Petition type(s): Carceral: debt
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
M. Fair vs. Territory of Washington
- Earliest record date: August 13, 1862
- Petition type(s): Carceral: grand larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Leroy Smith v. O. P. Halligan
- Earliest record date: April 7, 1916
- Petition type(s): Carceral: drug use | Carceral: possession of cocaine leaves
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Order of discharge
King County v. William Hughs and Micheal Broderick
- Earliest record date: October 5, 1876
- Petition type(s): Carceral: refusal to pay bail
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Joseph Wells v. William A Church & Martha Church
- Earliest record date: November 25, 1877
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody | Interpersonal: kidnapping
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Joseph Deveriske v. Territory of Washington
- Earliest record date: April 7, 1888
- Petition type(s): Carceral: larceny
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
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
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
James Robinson v. Territory of Washington
- Earliest record date: June 10, 1862
- Petition type(s): Carceral: grand larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Not in custody
James Riley v. Egbert H. Tucker
- Earliest record date: April 18, 1861
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault with intent to kill | Carceral: assault and battery | Carceral: malicious mayhem
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
James McGarth and William Herbert v. King County
- Earliest record date: March 17, 1880
- Petition type(s): Carceral: passing counterfeit currency
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
J. M. Burks and William Moore v. W. Tompkins
- Earliest record date: October 3, 1864
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
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 Re-Application of Minnie Smith for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 3, 1886
- Petition type(s): Unknown
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of William L. Huffman on Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 15, 1916
- Petition type(s): Carceral: wrongful imprisonment | Carceral: possession of opium derivatives
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of William Gerald on Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 1, 1912
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration | Institutional: imprisoned for longer than term | Carceral: smuggling
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of Thomas Ross on Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 7, 1914
- Petition type(s): Carceral: selling liquor to Indians
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
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 Thomas Fountain for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 13, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault with a deadly weapon
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the Unlawful Detention of Seventy-Six Hindus.
- Earliest record date: October 8, 1912
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration | Carceral: public charge
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
