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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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State
- Washington 224
- Nebraska 141
- Missouri 26
- Oregon 7
Petition Type
- Carceral 351
- Interpersonal 23
- Institutional 22
- Unknown 4
Petition Subtype
- Carceral: cause unspecified 84
- Carceral: immigration 24
- Carceral: fugitive from justice 22
- Carceral 21
- Carceral: burglary 13
- Carceral: larceny 13
- Carceral: vagrancy 13
- Carceral: grand larceny 12
- Carceral: drug use 9
- Institutional: insanity 9
- Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement 9
- Carceral: assault and battery 8
- Carceral: no charge 8
- Carceral: prostitution 7
- Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine 7
- Interpersonal: child custody 7
- Carceral: assault with a deadly weapon 6
- Carceral: disturbing the peace 6
- Carceral: fugitive slavery 6
- Carceral: public charge 6
- Carceral: wrongful imprisonment 6
- Carceral: contempt of court 5
- Carceral: gambling 5
- Carceral: embezzlement 4
- Carceral: murder 4
- Carceral: obtaining money under false pretenses 4
- Carceral: opium use 4
- Carceral: petty larceny 4
- Unknown 4
- Carceral: assault 3
- Carceral: disorderly conduct 3
- Carceral: forgery 3
- Carceral: robbery 3
- Carceral: violation of city ordinance 3
- Institutional: child custody 3
- Institutional: detaining sailors aboard ship 3
- Interpersonal: kidnapping 3
- Carceral: being a disorderly person 2
- Carceral: inmate of ill-governed home 2
- Carceral: kidnapping 2
- Carceral: possession of stolen property 2
- Carceral: rioting 2
- Carceral: running an opium den 2
- Carceral: statutory rape 2
- Carceral: unlawfully soliciting business 2
- Institutional: public health detention 2
- Carceral: advocating or teaching the unlawful destruction of property 1
- Carceral: arson 1
- Carceral: assault with intent to commit great bodily injury 1
- Carceral: assault with intent to commit rape 1
- Carceral: assault with intent to kill 1
- Carceral: attempted murder 1
- Carceral: bastardy 1
- Carceral: being in possession of stolen goods 1
- Carceral: bigamy 1
- Carceral: blackmail 1
- Carceral: burglary and larceny 1
- Carceral: child abuse 1
- Carceral: child custody 1
- Carceral: Chinese Exclusion Act 1
- Carceral: Commission of a felony 1
- Carceral: conspiracy 1
- Carceral: conspiracy to defraud 1
- Carceral: contributing to the delinquency of a child 1
- Carceral: crime of seduction 1
- Carceral: deportation 1
- Carceral: desertion 1
- Carceral: Exhibiting and Flourishing a Dangerous Weapon 1
- Carceral: failure to pay 1
- Carceral: family abandonment 1
- Carceral: fast and reckless driving 1
- Carceral: first degree murder 1
- Carceral: fornication 1
- Carceral: fraud 1
- Carceral: fraudulent sale of railroad tickets 1
- Carceral: Grave Robbery 1
- Carceral: Habitual Drunkenness 1
- Carceral: hog theft 1
- Carceral: idleness 1
- Carceral: inmate of ill-governed house 1
- Carceral: insanity 1
- Carceral: intent to commit robbery 1
- Carceral: keeping a house of ill repute 1
- Carceral: maintaining a common nuisance 1
- Carceral: malicious destruction of property 1
- Carceral: Maliciously Prosecuting 1
- Carceral: manslaughter 1
- Carceral: military infraction 1
- Carceral: moral turpitude 1
- Carceral: mortgage fraud 1
- Carceral: obtaining passport under false pretenses 1
- Carceral: passing counterfeit currency 1
- Carceral: peddling without a license 1
- Carceral: perjury 1
- Carceral: possession of cocaine leaves 1
- Carceral: possession of intoxicating liquor 1
- Carceral: practicing medicine without a license 1
- Carceral: provoking an assault 1
- Carceral: rape 1
- Carceral: refusal or inability to pay court costs 1
Sex of Bound Party
- Male 315
- Female 73
- Unindicated 27
Petition Year
- 1913 19
- 1868 15
- 1914 14
- 1918 14
- 1890 13
- 1894 13
- 1889 11
- 1893 11
- 1901 11
- 1902 11
- 1885 10
- 1898 10
- 1912 10
- 1903 9
- 1904 9
- 1919 9
- 1920 9
- 1899 8
- 1905 8
- 1906 8
- 1921 8
- 1887 7
- 1888 6
- 1891 6
- 1892 6
- 1916 6
- 1922 6
- 1923 6
- 1856 5
- 1869 5
- 1886 5
- 1907 5
- 1855 4
- 1870 4
- 1883 4
- 1865 3
- 1878 3
- 1910 3
- 1825 2
- 1827 2
- 1832 2
- 1857 2
- 1867 2
- 1875 2
- 1876 2
- 1884 2
- 1895 2
- 1911 2
- 1915 2
- 1917 2
- 1924 2
- 1818 1
- 1823 1
- 1829 1
- 1831 1
- 1844 1
- 1858 1
- 1866 1
- 1880 1
- 1881 1
- 1882 1
- 1896 1
- 1900 1
Earliest Record Date
- 1913 20
- 1868 15
- 1918 15
- 1890 14
- 1914 14
- 1889 13
- 1901 13
- 1912 13
- 1894 12
- 1921 12
- 1903 11
- 1885 10
- 1893 10
- 1920 10
- 1898 9
- 1902 9
- 1906 9
- 1919 9
- 1923 9
- 1886 8
- 1887 8
- 1899 8
- 1905 8
- 1891 7
- 1892 7
- 1904 7
- 1916 7
- 1856 6
- 1888 6
- 1869 5
- 1878 5
- 1922 5
- 1855 4
- 1865 4
- 1870 4
- 1871 4
- 1874 4
- 1883 4
- 1910 4
- 1911 4
- 1875 3
- 1879 3
- 1907 3
- 1917 3
- 1825 2
- 1827 2
- 1832 2
- 1857 2
- 1867 2
- 1873 2
- 1876 2
- 1880 2
- 1884 2
- 1895 2
- 1900 2
- 1817 1
- 1820 1
- 1821 1
- 1824 1
- 1829 1
- 1831 1
- 1837 1
- 1844 1
- 1858 1
- 1866 1
- 1872 1
- 1877 1
- 1881 1
- 1882 1
- 1896 1
- 1897 1
- 1915 1
- 1924 1
Latest Record Year
- 1913 23
- 1868 15
- 1894 14
- 1889 13
- 1890 13
- 1914 13
- 1918 12
- 1920 12
- 1893 11
- 1902 11
- 1885 10
- 1901 10
- 1919 10
- 1891 9
- 1903 9
- 1904 9
- 1906 9
- 1912 9
- 1921 9
- 1922 9
- 1886 8
- 1898 8
- 1899 8
- 1905 8
- 1916 8
- 1887 7
- 1888 7
- 1923 7
- 1856 5
- 1869 5
- 1878 5
- 1855 4
- 1865 4
- 1870 4
- 1871 4
- 1874 4
- 1883 4
- 1892 4
- 1907 4
- 1910 4
- 1915 4
- 1876 3
- 1879 3
- 1900 3
- 1911 3
- 1924 3
- 1824 2
- 1828 2
- 1832 2
- 1857 2
- 1867 2
- 1873 2
- 1880 2
- 1884 2
- 1895 2
- 1818 1
- 1820 1
- 1825 1
- 1826 1
- 1831 1
- 1834 1
- 1844 1
- 1858 1
- 1866 1
- 1872 1
- 1875 1
- 1877 1
- 1881 1
- 1882 1
- 1896 1
- 1908 1
- 1917 1
- 1982 1
Court Name
- King County Superior Court (Seattle Washington) 149
- Douglas County District Court (Omaha Nebraska) 125
- Third Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 37
- Us District Court For The Western District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 24
- St Louis County Circuit Court (St Louis Missouri) 14
- Lancaster County District Court (Lincoln Nebraska) 12
- St Louis County Law Commissioners Court (St Louis Missouri) 12
- Marion County Circuit Court (Salem Oregon) 7
- Fourth Judicial District Court Of Washington Territory Spokane County (Cheney Washington) 4
- Second Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Washington (Tacoma Washington) 3
- Adams County Court (Hastings Nebraska) 2
- First Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Washington (Colfax Washington) 2
- United States District Court Western District Of Washington Northern Division (Walla Walla Washington) 2
- District Court Of The United States District Of Nebraska (Lincoln Nebraska) 1
- Gage County District Court (Beatrice Nebraska) 1
- Nebraska Supreme Court (Lincoln Nebraska) 1
- Second Judicial Court For The Territory Of Washington (Montesano Washington) 1
- Us Circuit Court For The Western District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 1
- Us Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit (Seattle Washington) 1
- Us District Court For The Northern District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 1
Repository
- Washington State Archives, Puget Sound Regional Branch (Bellevue, Washington) 185
- History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) 102
- Douglas County District Court (Omaha, Nebraska) 60
- National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle Branch, Washington (Seattle, WA) (Seattle, Washington) 27
- Missouri State Archives-St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri) 26
- Oregon State Archives (Salem, Oregon) 7
- Washington State Archives, Eastern Regional Branch (Cheney, WA) (Cheney, Washington) 6
- Washington State Archives, Southwest Regional Branch (Olympia, WA) (Olympia, Washington) 2
- Gage County District Court (Beatrice, Nebraska) 1
- Washington State Archives, Northwest Regional Branch (Bellingham, WA) (Bellingham, Washington) 1
Type of Source
- Case File 311
- Docket 76
- Journal 76
- Digitized Case File 4
- Index 1
Points of Law Cited
- Immigration Act of February 5, 1917 6
- Enabling Act of 1889 2
- “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
- 1899 Criminal Code of Alaska 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
- 6th Amendment: Right to counsel 1
- 6th Article of the Illinois Constitution, Law of 1787 1
- Carter’s Annotated Alaska Codes, Section 47 1
- Ch. 150 of Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri 1
- Ch. 40 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri 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
- City of Ballard Ordinance No. 1 (1894) City of Ballard Ordinance No. 118 (1894) 1
- City of Seattle Ordinance no. 800 Provision 1, Section 1 1
- Code Sec 1271 1
- Ex parte Milligan 1
- Gegow vs. Uhl, 239 U.S. 3.; Howe vs. U.S., 247 Fed. 292.; Ex parte Mitchell, 256 Fed. 229.; In re Lum Lin Ying, 59 Fed. 682; In G. N. Ry. Co. vs. Johnson, 254 Fed. 683; U.S. v. Redfern, 180 Fed. 500; U.S. vs. Suekichi, 199 Fed. 751; U.S. vs. Martin, 193 Fed. 795; Section 8375 of Remington Ballinger’s Codes; “International Law of Marriage” 1
- Harrison Act 1
- Hedrick vs. U.S. 16 Ct. Claims, page 88-100. 1
- In re strickler 33 pac 620 (1893); Sec 25, 2d Hill; Sec 657 1st Hill; Sec 676 2st Hill; 2nd Hill Sec 1348 1
- Indian Appropriation Act 1
- Laws of Washington, 1909, page 908, Section 59 “Whenever a person has been held to answer any criminal charge, if an indictment be not found or information filed against him within thirty days, the Court shall order the prosecution to be dismissed unless good cause to the contrary be shown.” 1
- Martin vs. U.S. 168 Fed. 198. 1
- Mentioned Section 1843, 1847, & 1848 of the Code of Washington-Territory 1
- Nebraska State Statutes 1
- Ordinance 318 of Seattle, WA ("An ordinance to prevent the smoking and inhaling of opium") 1
- Ordinance 4462 of the City of Omaha, Sections 1, 3, & 11 1
- Ordinance 618 of Seattle, WA 1
- Ordinance 705: An Ordinance to license tax and regulate auctioners, hawkers and peddlers 1
- Ordinance No. 11141 of Seattle (“An Ordinance to license and regulate certain trades and occupations in the City of Seattle, providing penalties for the violation thereof, and repealing all ordinances inconsistent therewith”) 1
- Ordinance No. 16046, Section 1 and 61 of the City of Seattle 1
- Ordinance No. 1818 of the City of Seattle 1
- Ordinance No. 305 for the Territory of Washington, 1837 1
- Ordinance No. 9852 1
- Ordinances of the City of Omaha 1
- People vs. People, 8 Howard Practice, N. Y.; Cyc. 80 Practice, Vol. 29, p. 15; Cyc. Vol. 29, p. 1588; Cyc. Vol. 29, p. 1583; Section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United States; DeManneville vs. DeManneville, 10 Ves. 52 1
- Petitioner and Defense briefs both mention many cases. Mainly Act of Congress of February 20, 1907 as amended by March 26, 1910 1
- Rev. Stat. 142 1
- Seattle, King County Ordinance NO.4900 1
- Sec 1272 1
- Sec 1275 1
- Sec 1276 1
- Sec 1277 1
- Sec 1896 1
- Sec 2105 1
- Sec. 25 of the Chinese Exclusion Act; Comp. St. 1913, Sec. 4274; Ex parte Ng Kwack Kang, 233 Fed. 478 1
- Sec. 3 of Art I. of the Constitution of the State of Washington Sec. 12 of Art I. of the Constitution of the State of Washington Sec. 1 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 1
- Sec 678 1
- Section 1269 of Hill’s Code Section 1368 of Hill’s Code 1
- Section 1368 of Hill’s Code 1
- Section 1573 Pierce’s Code 1
- Section 1597 of Hill’s Code 1
- Section 17 of the Immigration Act of Feb. 5, 1917 1
- Section 1756 R.S. U.S. 1
- Section 347 of the Criminal Code of the Dominion of Canada 1
- Section 608 of the Code of Oregon 1
- Section 833 of the code of Washington Territory 1
- Section I of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States 1
- Sections 3 and 12 of Article I of the Constitution of the State of Washington 1
- Sioux Treaty April 29, 1868 1
- Sprung vs. Martin, 182 Fed. 330. 1
- State of Washington vs. J. P. Harcourt, alias O. R. Blystone (grand larceny case) 1
- State of Washington vs O. R. Blystone, alias J. P. Harcourt (forgery case) 1
- States vs. Mason, 55 N.E. 167. 1
- Subdivision 5 of Section 1 of Ordinance No. 6036 1
- Taylor vs. U.S. 207 U.S. 120. 52 L. ed. 130. 1
- Treaty of 1867 1
- Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America (The Jay Treaty) 1
- Treaty of March 10, 1865 1
- Treaty of March 12, 1858 1
- U.S. Const. amend. IV. 1
- U.S. vs. Haas, 167 Fed. 211 1
- U.S. vs. Martin, 193 Fed. 795. 1
- U.S. vs. Nakashima, 160 Fed. 842. 1
- U.S. vs. Redfern, 180 Fed, 500, 1
- U.S. vs. Schlierholz, 137 Fed. 616, 1
- U.S. vs. Smith, 124 U.S. 525. 31 L. ed. 534 1
- U.S. vs. Suekichi, 199 Fed. 751. 1
- Wartime Measure Act of 1918 1
- White-Slavery Act (Mann Act); The Immigration Act of March 26, 1910 (36 Stat. 264); United States v. Sibray, 178 Fed., 148, 149; 36 CYC., p.1118; People vs. Chicago, 152 Ill. App., 546-552; 38 N.E., 746; U. S. v. Williams, 200 Fed., 541-2; U. S. v. Williams, 189 Fed., 917; Frick vs. Lewis, 195 Fed., 696; U. S. vs. Martin, 193 Fed., 797 - 8; Ex parte Saraceno, 182 Fed., 957; Ex parte Patterson, 166 Fed., 539; Chin Yow v. U. S., 208 U.S., 11; Ex parte Long Lock, 173 Fed., 208; Yamataya v. Fisher, 189 U.S., 86; 47 Law Ed., 721; In re Unlawful Detention of Mullah Singh and Seventy-two other Hindu Aliens, Case No. 2532; Ekiu v. United States, 142 U.S., 651; 35 Law Ed., 1146; United States v. Ju Toy, 198 U.S., 253; Lee Moon Sing v. United States, 158 U.S.538; Du Bruler v. Gallo, 184 Fed., 566, at 569; Williams v. U. S., 186 Fed., 479; Sinis Calchi v. Thomas, 195 Fed., 701; United States v. Williams, 175 Fed., 274; Holy Trinity vs. U.S., 143 United States, 457; William Williams vs. United States, ex rel Antonios Bougaris, 186 Fed., 479; The Japanese case in 189 U.S. page 87; Fou Yue Tin vs. United States, 149 U. S. 698; 13 Sup. Ct. 1016; 37 L. Ed. 905; United States vs. Sibray, 178 Fed. pp. 148 and 149; 39 L. Ed. 1085 1
- White-Slavery Act (Mann Act); The Immigration Act of March 26, 1910 (36 Stat. 264); United States v. Sibray, 178 Fed., 148, 149; 36 CYC., p.1118; People vs. Chicago, 152 Ill. App., 546-552; 38 N.E., 746; U. S. v. Williams, 200 Fed., 541-2; U. S. v. Williams, 189 Fed., 917; Frick vs. Lewis, 195 Fed., 696; U. S. vs. Martin, 193 Fed., 797 - 8; Ex parte Saraceno, 182 Fed., 957; Ex parte Patterson, 166 Fed., 539; Chin Yow v. U. S., 208 U.S., 11; Ex parte Long Lock, 173 Fed., 208; Yamataya v. Fisher, 189 U.S., 86; 47 Law Ed., 721; In re Unlawful Detention of Mullah Singh and Seventy-two other Hindu Aliens, Case No. 2532; Ekiu v. United States, 142 U.S., 651; 35 Law Ed., 1146; United States v. Ju Toy, 198 U.S., 253; Lee Moon Sing v. United States, 158 U.S.538; Du Bruler v. Gallo, 184 Fed., 566, at 569; Williams v. U. S., 186 Fed., 479; Sinis Calchi v. Thomas, 195 Fed., 701; United States v. Williams, 175 Fed., 274; Holy Trinity vs. U.S., 143 United States, 457; William Williams vs. United States, ex rel Antonios Bougaris, 186 Fed., 479; The Japanese case in 189 U.S. page 87; Fou Yue Tin vs. United States, 149 U. S. 698; 13 Sup. Ct. 1016; 37 L. Ed. 905; United States vs. Sibray, 178 Fed. pp. 148 and 149; 39 L. Ed. 1085; United States v. Freeman, 175 Fed. 274; Gonzales v. Williams, 192 U. S. 1 1
- Yamata vs. Fisher, 189 U.S. 99 47 L. ed. 725. 1
People
- Lake, George B. 35
- Smith, Robert (Clerk); 35
- Humes, Thomas J. 32
- Sickels, W. K. (Clerk) 27
- Cudihee, Edward (Cudahee) 23
- Woolery, James H. 23
- Neterer, Jeremiah 20
- Redick, William A. 20
- Sullivan, John J. 18
- Murphy, John Francis 17
- Smith, F. W. (Deputy) 17
- Clark, Michael L. (sheriff) 16
- Koepfli, C. A. (Clerk) 16
- Steere, Jr., Asel (Deputy) 16
- Bannick, Claude George (Claud) 15
- Bell, William R. 15
- Grant, G. A. (Deputy) 15
- Frater, Archibald Wanless 14
- Case, Otto A. (Clerk) 13
- Jacobs, Orange 13
- McGraw, John Harte (J. A. McGraw) 13
- Miller, John F. 13
- Ronald, James Theodore 13
- Greene, Roger Sherman 12
- Griffin, Arthur E. 12
- White, Henry M. 12
- Hanford, Cornelius Holgate 11
- Magney, George A. (County Attorney) 10
- Smith, L. C. 10
- Tallman, Boyd J. 10
- Cudihee, Edward (Delivers Writ) 9
- De Bruler, Ellis 9
- Gamble, Archibald (Clerk) 9
- Gilliam, Mitchell 9
- Ledgerwood, W. E. (clerk) 9
- Seavey, James (Clerk) 9
- Eberstein, Marshall 8
- Gordon, John B. 8
- Ludlow, James P. (Deputy Clerk) 8
- Martin, Winter S. 8
- Osborn, Richard 8
- Reed, Charles S. (Reid) 8
- Saunders, Robert C. 8
- Clark, Michael L. 7
- Colvin, John W. 7
- Cushman, Edward E. 7
- Dempsey, Michael F. 7
- Sears, Willis G. 7
- Briggs, John 6
- Brown, Fred C. 6
- Delaney, Thomas R. 6
- Dore, John Francis 6
- Estelle, Lee S. 6
- Goss, Charles A. 6
- Hawkins, J. E. 6
- Humphries, John E. 6
- Jones, Richard A. 6
- Mackintosh, Kenneth (Macintosh) 6
- Revelle, Thomas P. 6
- Shotwell, A. V. (County Attorney) 6
- Sims, Frank E. 6
- Smith, Robert [clerk] 6
- Steele, Samuel H. (Steel) 6
- Stewart, Willard E. 6
- Troupe, A. C. (Troup) 6
- Allen, Clay 5
- Cann, T. H. 5
- Carr, William C. 5
- Cochran, William (Cochrane) 5
- Fitzgerald, James M. (James J.) 5
- Foster, W. A. (Deputy) 5
- Griffiths, Austin E. 5
- Holmes, M. M. (Clerk) 5
- Hopkins, R. M. (clerk) 5
- Jackson, Andrew 5
- Langley, James Weston 5
- Lichtenberg, Isaac J. (Charles Westerfield) 5
- Logan, Robert F. 5
- Morning, William McClellen 5
- Murray, Thomas B. 5
- Myers, G. B. (Deputy) 5
- Rivers, Claudius M. 5
- Smith, Everett 5
- Snook, Herbert E. 5
- Steele Jr., Asel [deputy] 5
- Williams, Matthew (clerk) 5
- Abbott, Ray J. 4
- Cady, Charles F. 4
- Clark, Michael L. [sheriff] 4
- Cudihee, Edward (Certifies Writ Delivery) 4
- Day, L. B. 4
- Dunn, Henry W. 4
- Dunn, John T. (John J. Dunn) 4
- Endres, Michael L. (M. L. Endres) 4
- Farwell, G. B. 4
- Felps, James A. 4
- George, R. R. 4
- Hughes, P. D. 4
- Lewis, James Hamilton 4
- Lynch, Thomas W. 4
398 results
Download JSON Download CSVVincent Duncan vs. James Duncan
- Earliest record date: November 5, 1829
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
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
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. 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 Nebraska v. James Appleby
- Earliest record date: September 29, 1865
- Petition type(s): Carceral: murder
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
The State of Nebraska vs. Frank Kelley
- Earliest record date: September 7, 1867
- Petition type(s): Carceral: larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail
The State of Nebraska v. Yellow Sun et al
- Earliest record date: June 12, 1871
- Petition type(s): Carceral: murder
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail
State of Missouri vs James Watt
- Earliest record date: September 10, 1820
- Petition type(s): Carceral: larceny | Carceral: being in possession of stolen goods
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- 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 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
Pete Jelott Relator vs. Michael L. Clark Sheriff, Respondent
- Earliest record date: December 30, 1918
- Petition type(s): Carceral: possession of intoxicating liquor
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail
The People et al John Williams vs. Henry Grebe Sheriff
- Earliest record date: June 25, 1870
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Patrick Holland vs. Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner
- Earliest record date: February 13, 1913
- Petition type(s): Institutional: insanity
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Nathan Cole, a person of color v. Elijah Mitchel
- Earliest record date: May 22, 1832
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fugitive slavery
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
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
Malinda and Nelly, people of color, by and through their next friend, Beriah Cleland v. Robert Wilburn
- Earliest record date: December 1, 1821
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
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
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 Singleton vs. Alexander Scott, Robert Lewis
- Earliest record date: August 30, 1827
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
John Bryant vs. Territory of Nebraska
- Earliest record date: September 27, 1865
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- 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
Isaiah Peterson v. Orrin Rhodes
- Earliest record date: August 25, 1856
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- 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 Viola McAtee Jacobson for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 28, 1922
- Petition type(s): Carceral: conspiracy
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of Thomas Ruby for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 1, 1883
- Petition type(s): Carceral: burglary
- 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 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
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 Petition of Thomas Ball for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 13, 1905
- Petition type(s): Carceral: failure to pay
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the petition of Swan Larson for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 17, 1903
- Petition type(s): Carceral: no charge
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Petition of Robert Gillis for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 22, 1904
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fugitive from justice
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the petition of P. D. Hughes for a writ of Habeas Corpus for Frank Richards
- Earliest record date: February 18, 1903
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the petition of Kichitaro Kubota and Ise Kubota, his wife, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 4, 1920
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration | Carceral: public charge
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the Petition of John O'Day for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 19, 1906
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the Petition of John Jones - alias John Cook - for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 7, 1857
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fugitive slavery
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the petition of James Oswald on behalf of Bill Oswald for a Writ of Habeas Corpus and the Answer of E. M. Croisan Sheriff of Marion County, Oregon to said Writ
- Earliest record date: October 1, 1890
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the Petition of J. D. Crary for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for William Setter
- Earliest record date: March 19, 1903
- Petition type(s): Carceral: grand larceny
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the petition of Ida King for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 2, 1903
- Petition type(s): Carceral: larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the Petition of Hugh J. O'Neill for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 22, 1905
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fraudulent sale of railroad tickets
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the petition of Hiura, Teiichi for a writ of habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: July 1, 1920
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration | Carceral: obtaining passport under false pretenses | Carceral: public charge
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the petition of Fritz Lee for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 16, 1901
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the Petition of Frank E. Sims for Habeaus Corpus for F. W. Beyer
- Earliest record date: December 10, 1902
- Petition type(s): Carceral
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the Petition of Frank E. Sims for Habeaus Corpus for F. W. Beyer
- Earliest record date: December 10, 1902
- Petition type(s): Carceral
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the petition of Eugene Lukenger for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 6, 1903
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Petition of Cassie Hartman for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 5, 1906
- Petition type(s): Carceral: disturbing the peace | Carceral: provoking an assault
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Petition of Aubrey Pickard for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for Leonard Pickards
- Earliest record date: January 25, 1921
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Petition of Albert H. Young and Kamasaburo Sugiura, alias B.D. Sugiura, aliens, for WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS.
- Earliest record date: August 21, 1913
- Petition type(s): Carceral | carceral: Violation of White Slave Traffic Act | Carceral: immigration
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody | deported
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
