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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.
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- Geary Act, 1892 2
- 1429 of Hill’s Code 1
- 14th Amendment, Section 1 1
- 14th Amendment to Constitution 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
- 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
- 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 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
- "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 regulate commutation for good conduct for United States prisoners" (32 U.S. Stats. 397 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 6, Article 14 of U.S. Constitution Re Jugiro 140 U.S. 295 In Re M’Kane 61 Fed. 205 1
- Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington Sections 6993, 6994, and 6995 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
- Church on Habeas (2nd Ed.) 480 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
- Commonwealth v. Lockwood 109 Mass. 1
- Delmas v. Merchants Mat Ins. Co. 14 Wall 661, 20: 757 1
- Enabling Act 1
- Ex Parte Reggal, 114 U.S. 642 1
- Exparte Anderson, 16 Iowa 1
- Extradition Treaty between the United States and Great Britain 1
- Fok Young Yo v. United States, 185 US 296, 305 1
- Genoa v. Woodruff, Id. 502, 23: 586 1
- Hill's Code, Sec. 58, Vol. 2 1
- Immigration Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stats. 1086); Nishimura Ekiu v. United States, 142 US 651, 660 1
- In re Foye, In re Baker, Article 4 Section 2 of the Constitution of the United States, People v. Donohue, 84, N.Y. 438 1
- In Re Heff 1
- in re Hong Wah, 82 Fed. 523.; Harding v. People, 160 Ill. 459 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
- Laws of Washington 1903, Section 1, p. 68 ("An Act to Prohibit the Carrying on of the Business of Barbering on Sunday, and Providing a Penalty for the Violation Thereof," approved March 7th, 1903 by the Washington State Legislature) Fourteenth Amendment State of Washington v. Alfred Bergfeldt (Washington Supreme Court) Petit v. Minnesota, 177 U.S. 164 26 Amer. & Eng. Encyc. Law, (2d Ed.) 620, 640, 642. In re Frederichs, 51 Fed. Rep. 747, 149 U. S. 70. In re Davenport, 102 Fed. Rep. 540 Brown v. Urquehart, 139 Fed. Rep. 846. 1
- Lem Moon Sing v. United States, 158 US 538 1
- Matter of Clerk, 9 We nd.212; 1
- Meeker vs. Gardella 1 Wash. St. 148 1
- North Yakima Ordinance No. 298, September 4, 1900 (Amends Sections 1 and 10 of North Yakima Ordinance No. 265, which regulated licenses and was approved April 5, 1898) 1
- Ordinance 705: An Ordinance to license tax and regulate auctioners, hawkers and peddlers 1
- People v. Pinkerton, 77 N.Y.245 1
- re: Cosenow, 37 Federal Reporter, 668; re: Dowd, 90 Federal Reporter, 718 1
- re: Dohrendorf, et al. 40 Federal Reporter, 148 1
- re: Kaufman, 41 Federal Report, 876 1
- Refers to Barry v. Mercein, 5 How., 118 1
- "Repealing an Act Relative to the Death Warrant" (Legislature of the State of Washington, June 12, 1901) 1
- Roberts vs. Reilly, 116 U.S 80 1
- Sec. 6 & 7 of Ordinance NO. 710 of City of Seattle, approved Feb. 6 1886 Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 US, 356; Case of Re Wo Lee 26 Federal Reporter 471, Circuit Court of California Jan 26 1886; Stockton laundry case, Tie Lot, 26 Fed Reporter 611 to 616; Sam Kee reported 31st Fed Reporter 680 to 681; Hong Wah 82 Fed Reporter 623, Northern Dist. of California on Sept 7 1897; Grice Federal Reporter 627, 633, Circuit Court of Northern Texas; Minneapolis Brewing Co. vs. McGilloway 104 Fed Reporter 258; Gundling v. City of Chicago rep 177, 725 1
- Section 3, 12 of Article One of the Constitution of the State of Washington; Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; Giozza v. Ternan, 148 U.S. 657-662; Plumley v. Massachusetts, 155 U.S. 461-482; 1
- Section 57 of the Code of Washington (Second Volume of Hill's Code) 1
- Section 766, Revised Statutes of the United States; In Re Jugiro, 140 U.S. 295; In Re M’ Kane, 61 Fed. 205 1
- Section One (1) of the Fourteenth (14th) Amendment 1
- State v. Columbia George 1
- the "Chapman case" 1
- The Dawes Act (1887) 1
- The Japanese Immigrant Case 189, US 86 1
- the "Royal case" 1
- Title 66 of the revised statutes of the United States 1878 1
- United States Constitution Article VI 1
- U.S. Compiled Statutes, 1901, Supplement 448.); Sections 5543-4 U.S.R.S. Amendments in act of March 1875 and act of March 1891 (U.S. Compiled Statutes, 1901, pp.3721-3722-3727) Walters Case (128 Fed. ep 791) Farrar Case (133 Fed. Rep. 254) 1
- Washington Code of 1896 section 5944 1
- Western Mill Co. vs. Blanchard ib. 234. 1
People
- Hanford, Cornelius Holgate 54
- McGraw, John Harte (J. A. McGraw) 15
- Hopkins, R. M. (Clerk) 12
- Ayres, A. Reeves (Clerk) 11
- Moore, A. N. (Deputy Clerk) 9
- Drake, James C (Clerk) 5
- Hannon, Harvey T. (deputy clerk) 5
- Hopkins, P. M. (Deputy Clerk) 5
- Hopkins, R.M. (Deputy Clerk) 5
- Lewis, James Hamilton 5
- Walthew, H. M. (Deputy Clerk) 5
- Ayres, Reeves A. (Clerk) 4
- Drake, James C. 4
- Wright, B. O. (Deputy Clerk) 4
- Anderson, George W. 3
- Brinker, William H. 3
- Butterfield, O. D. 3
- Fenton, James E. 3
- Fuller, Melville W. (Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) 3
- Fuller, Melville W. (Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court) 3
- Harmon, H. T. (Deputy Clerk) 3
- Hopkins, Charles. B. 3
- Jones, H. F. 3
- Marks, J.E. (Notary Public) 3
- Moore, A.N. (Deputy Clerk) 3
- Snell, Marshall K. 3
- Sullivan, John M. 3
- Buller, Ellis 2
- Clifford, Miles E. (Court Commissioner, Circuit Court of the United States at Tacoma) 2
- Cudihee, Edward (Cudahee) 2
- Cushman, Edward E. 2
- Davis, P. V. 2
- Delaney, Thomas R. 2
- Frye, Jesse 2
- Fyre, Jesse A. (Frye) 2
- George, R. R. 2
- Gilman, Luthene Claremont (L. C.) 2
- Gordon, John B. 2
- Greene, Roger Sherman 2
- Hamilton, Thomas J. 2
- Hawks, Thomas (Affiant) 2
- Hopkins, C. B. (U.S. Marshal) 2
- Hopkins, R.M. (Clerk) 2
- Koepfli, C. A. (Clerk) 2
- Ledgerwood, W. E. (clerk) 2
- Mackintosh, Kenneth (Macintosh) 2
- Mangan, Jeremiah 2
- McElroy, James E. 2
- McGraw, J. H. (Sheriff) 2
- Metcalfe, James Bard 2
- Miller, John F. (justice of the peace) 2
- Mitchell, J. C. 2
- Moyer, William H. 2
- Murray, Charles W. (Notary Public) 2
- Nordstrom, Charles W. 2
- Osbourne, Richard (Notary Public) 2
- Pierce, John A. (Prosecuting Attorney) 2
- Piles, S. H. (Notary Public) 2
- Richard, W.C. (Notary Public) 2
- Rivers, Claudius M. 2
- Rogers, John R. (Governor of Washington) 2
- Seavey, James (clerk) 2
- Smith , Del Cary 2
- Smith, A.J. (Affiant); 2
- Stringer, John (Deputy Marshal) 2
- Van De Vanter, A. T. 2
- Warden, William 2
- White, William H. 2
- Yuck, Moy (Affiant) 2
- Campbell, Jason (complainant) 1
- McGraw, James H. (Sheriff) 1
- Sedgerwood, William E. (Clerk) 1
- (Beacon, Charles W. (Signed Certificate) 1
- Agnew, James (Witness) 1
- Albertson, R. B. 1
- Allen, George (Hawkins' co-defendent in robbery case) 1
- Allen, Thomas 1
- Alling, H. (Chief Clerk) 1
- Anders J. (Circuit Judge) 1
- Andrews, E. W. (Surety) 1
- Angelique, M (Sister Superior M Angelique) 1
- Arnold, William (Affiant) 1
- Ashley, M. (Deponent) 1
- Aspland, Andrew (Witness) 1
- Aspland, Ella May (Witness) 1
- Aspland, Jennie (Witness) 1
- Aspland, John H. (Witness) 1
- Aspland, Lise C. (Murder victim) 1
- Ayres, A. R. (Clerk of District Court) 1
- Ayres, Reeves (Clerk) 1
- Ayure, A. Reeves (Clerk) 1
- Ayure, A.R. (Clerk) 1
- Ayure, Reeves A. (Clerk) 1
- Ayures, A. Reeves (Deputy Clerk) 1
- Backus, C.F. (Justice of the Peace) 1
- Baker, Joseph H. (Assistant Cashier at Bozeman National Bank Witness) 1
- Baker, Rose 1
- Baldwin, Harris (Deputy Prosecuting Attorney) 1
- Ball, Dr. J. W. (Witness) 1
- Ballard, Irving (Assault victim) 1
54 results
Download JSON Download CSVIn the Matter of the Application of Henry Craemer for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 23, 1894
- Petition type(s): Carceral: first degree murder
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the Application of William Spears and James McGough for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 26, 1883
- Petition type(s): Carceral: obtaining money under false pretenses
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Foong V. William Murphy. Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 1, 1886
- Petition type(s): Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine | Carceral: peddling without a license
- Petition outcome: Petition denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the Application of George W. Anderson for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (George W. Anderson v John H. McGraw)
- Earliest record date: October 1, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fraud
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the petition of William Jewett for Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 5, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral: crime of seduction
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Thomas Allen for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 1, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral: burglary
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Edward Crofery for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 8, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral: burglary
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Not in custody
In the matter of the application of Howard McMillen for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 9, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral: burglary
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Not in custody
In the matter of the application of Jeremiah Mangan for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 20, 1888
- Petition type(s): Carceral: threatening violence
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of William Warden for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 25, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fugitive from justice
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of William Warden for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 27, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral: robbery | Carceral: fugitive from justice
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Custody transferred to third party
In the Matter of the Application of Leo Sun, For a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 3, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral: smuggling
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of George Kai for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 3, 1889
- 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 application of Jeremiah Mangan for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 2, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral: threatening to burn dwelling
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of A. A. DeMueles for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 15, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault and battery
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of P. H. McNamara for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 19, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Ah Young for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 14, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral: drug use
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of William L. Tobias For Writ of Habeas Corpus.
- Earliest record date: September 18, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the Application of George W. Anderson for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.
- Earliest record date: October 2, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fugitive from justice
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
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 the Application of Wah Ni for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 11, 1892
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody | deported
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 Application of Moy Wah for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 22, 1892
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of Moy Chong for a Writ of Habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: March 10, 1892
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of M.L. Coovert for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 6, 1893
- Petition type(s): Carceral: selling and furnishing cigarettes
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- 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 Adolph Krug for writ of habeas corpus and release
- Earliest record date: October 23, 1893
- Petition type(s): Carceral: embezzlement
- Petition outcome: Petition denied
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of John Leonard for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 29, 1896
- Petition type(s): Carceral: first degree murder
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of John W. Considine for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 24, 1895
- Petition type(s): Carceral: employing females in a place where intoxicating liquors are sold
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In re: The application of Antwine Michel for a writ of habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: January 12, 1898
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault with a deadly weapon
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown | custody transferred to third party
In the Matter of the Application of Salfest A. Sylvester for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 26, 1898
- Petition type(s): Carceral: embezzlement | Carceral: fugitive from justice
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody | unknown
In the Matter of the Application of George Webster for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 13, 1897
- Petition type(s): Carceral: first degree murder
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of Charles W. Nordstrom for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 27, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: first degree murder
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In Re: Petition of Charles W. Nordstrom for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 25, 1901
- Petition type(s): Carceral: murder
- Petition outcome: Petition denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody | deceased
In Re: F. S. Walton for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 5, 1901
- Petition type(s): Carceral: peddling without a license
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Not in custody
In the matter of the application of Lee Fong for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 14, 1902
- Petition type(s): Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine | Carceral: violation of city ordinance
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of George Hawkins for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 23, 1901
- Petition type(s): Carceral: robbery
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Yvonne LeFevre, Marie LeFevre, and Georgette Normand for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 11, 1903
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration | Carceral: prostitution | Carceral: public charge | Institutional: immigration
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail | deported | jumped bail
In the matter of the petition of Ferdinard Marino and Carolina Beluscia Marino on behalf of Joseph Marino
- Earliest record date: December 31, 1903
- Petition type(s): Institutional: underage military enlistment | Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of Jerome C. Corbin for the Writ of Habeas Corpus of Frank E. Corbin, a minor.
- Earliest record date: November 30, 1903
- Petition type(s): Institutional: underage military enlistment
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
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
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 Re: Petition of Ham Hung Wah by Tom Sing for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 3, 1904
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration
- Petition outcome: Petition withdrawn
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In Re: Application of N. T. B. Pentreath for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 30, 1905
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fugitive from justice | Carceral: unlawfully and fraudulently uttering a forged document
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In Re: Ex Parte - Turner Jackson Petitioner for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 2, 1905
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault with intent to kill
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail
Ex Parte: Donald McKarrecher - Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 18, 1902
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail
In Re: Application of Joseph Walton for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 31, 1905
- Petition type(s): Carceral: barbering on Sunday
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody | released on bail
In the matter of the application of Columbia George for a writ of habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: February 24, 1906
- Petition type(s): Carceral: wrongful imprisonment
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In re: Application of D. A. Hatfield for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 12, 1911
- Petition type(s): Carceral: attempted escape from prison
- Petition outcome: Petition denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
