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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.
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Petition Type
- Carceral 392
- Interpersonal 73
- Institutional 59
- Unknown 1
Petition Subtype
- Interpersonal: child custody 67
- Carceral: vagrancy 61
- Carceral: fugitive from justice 47
- Carceral: cause unspecified 35
- Carceral 26
- Institutional: child custody 21
- Carceral: disturbing the peace 18
- Carceral: prostitution 18
- Carceral: wrongful imprisonment 13
- Institutional: public health detention 12
- Carceral: grand larceny 11
- Carceral: burglary 9
- Institutional: insanity 9
- Carceral: carrying a concealed weapon 8
- Carceral: larceny 8
- Carceral: disorderly conduct 7
- Carceral: inmate of ill-governed house 7
- Carceral: unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor 7
- Institutional: convent 7
- Carceral: fraud 6
- Carceral: inmate of ill-governed home 6
- Carceral: obtaining money under false pretenses 6
- Carceral: unlawful possession and transport of intoxicating liquor 6
- Carceral: assault and battery 5
- Carceral: bastardy 5
- Carceral: drunkenness 5
- Carceral: keeping a house of ill repute 5
- Institutional: juvenile detention 5
- Carceral: contempt of court 4
- Carceral: forgery 4
- Carceral: no charge 4
- Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine 4
- Carceral: sabbath breaking 4
- Carceral: suspicious character 4
- Carceral: adultery 3
- Carceral: assault 3
- Carceral: bribery 3
- Carceral: child custody 3
- Carceral: embezzlement 3
- Carceral: false pretenses 3
- Carceral: malicious destruction of property 3
- Carceral: reckless driving 3
- Carceral: robbery 3
- Carceral: seduction 3
- Carceral: unlawful detention 3
- Carceral: wife desertion 3
- Interpersonal 3
- Carceral: breaking and entering 2
- Carceral: child neglect 2
- Carceral: default of bail 2
- Carceral: drunk and disorderly 2
- Carceral: gambling 2
- Carceral: immigration 2
- Carceral: mortgage fraud 2
- Carceral: murder 2
- Carceral: passing a check with insufficient funds 2
- Carceral: peddling without a license 2
- Carceral: possession of burglary tools 2
- Carceral: possession of intoxicating liquor 2
- Carceral: selling liquor without a license 2
- Carceral: statutory rape 2
- Carceral: unlawfully collecting and removing garbage, ashes, filth, and other refuse matter without a contract 2
- Carceral: wife abandonment 2
- Institutional: imprisoned for longer than term 2
- Institutional: spousal custody 2
- Carceral: aiding and abetting 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 wound 1
- Carceral: bigamy 1
- Carceral: blackmail 1
- Carceral: bootlegging 1
- Carceral: conspiracy 1
- Carceral: conspiracy to commit a felony 1
- Carceral: defrauding an inn-keeper 1
- Carceral: deportation 1
- Carceral: distribution of circulars, dodgers, and advertisements 1
- Carceral: dumping garbage 1
- Carceral: failure to provide for spouse 1
- Carceral: family abandonment 1
- Carceral: fast and reckless driving 1
- Carceral: first degree murder 1
- Carceral: fornication 1
- Carceral: horse stealing 1
- Carceral: impersonating an officer 1
- Carceral: infamous crime against nature with a beast 1
- Carceral: insanity 1
- Carceral: larceny by bailee 1
- Carceral: maiming and disfiguring while driving 1
- Carceral: maintaining a solicitor without having a license 1
- Carceral: manufacturing a cigarette 1
- Carceral: marriage within legal degree of consanguinity 1
- Carceral: mixing garbage with refuse 1
- Carceral: municipal violation 1
- Carceral: non-support of minor children 1
- Carceral: non-support of wife 1
- Carceral: obstructing a street 1
- Carceral: painting on private bill boards 1
- Carceral: parole violation 1
Sex of Bound Party
- Male 358
- Female 143
- Unindicated 11
Age of Bound Party
- Adult 320
- Minor 100
- Unindicated 60
- Unclear 13
Race of Bound Party
- Unindicated 480
- White 5
- German 2
- Italian 2
- Jewish 2
- Black 1
- Indigenous 1
- Multiracial 1
- Polish 1
- Unclear 1
Court Name
- Douglas County District Court (Omaha Nebraska) 515
- Nebraska Supreme Court (Lincoln Nebraska) 8
- Fourth Judicial District Of The State Of Nebraska (Omaha Nebraska) 2
- Atchison County District Court (Atchison Kansas) 1
- Polk County District Court (Des Moines Iowa) 1
- Sarpy County District Court (Papillion Nebraska) 1
Repository
- Douglas County District Court (Omaha, Nebraska) 517
- History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) 292
Type of Source
- Case File 452
- Docket 402
- Journal 62
- Index 24
- Complete Record 1
Points of Law Cited
- U.S. Const. amend. V 6
- Ordinance No. 9852 3
- Sec. 241 of the Code of Complied Statues of Nebraska in 1907 2
- Sec. 4 of Ordinance No. 1065 2
- U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 1. 2
- 2292, Cobbey's Annotated Statutes of Nebraska 1909 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
- 70 Am. Dec. 55 1
- Billingham v. U.S 1
- Blitz v. U.S 1
- City of Omaha Ordinance No. 10222 1
- City of Omaha Ordinance No. 9852 1
- City of Omaha, Ordinance No. 9852 - Making it unlawful to expose another to venereal infection. 1
- Colorado Revised Statute § 1849 (concerning the fraudulent taking of another person's personal property) 1
- Compiled Statutes of Nebraska § 330, P. 2481 which requires that a person have complaints/charges filed against them in order to be taken into custody. 1
- Constitution of the United States, Act of Congress passed February 12, 1793 1
- Evans v. U.S 1
- Flink v. City of Milwaukee 1
- Gillard v. Clark 179 N.W.396 1
- Keck v. U.S 1
- Ledbetter v. U.S 1
- Michelson V Beemer, 72 Neb. Page 761 Cole V State 180 N. W. Page 564 Section 9152, Revised Statute of Nebraska 1913 Corpus Juris, Volume 16, Page 1311 Smithey V State, 93 Miss. 257 Compare Wecheler V United States, 185, Federal 579 Re Kelly 65, California, 154 3 L. A. R. Page 1572 Ex Parte Duff, 105 N. W., Page 138 Ex Parte Cole 174 N. W. at Page 509, and Page 848 Michaelson v Beemer, 12 Nebr. 761, 101 N. W. 1007 McCormick V State 66 Nebr. 337, 12 N. W. 606 In Re Reed, 143 Cal. 634: 77 Psc. 660 State V Klock, 48 La. Ann 67 1
- Nebraska Const. art. I, § 12. 1
- Nebraska Cont., art I, § 3, 5, 11 1
- Nebraska State Statutes 1
- Nebraska State Statutes Page 450 Section 56 1
- Nebraska State Statutes, Section 9829 1
- Omaha City Ordinance #9852 - Making it unlawful to expose others to venereal disease (full copy of ordinance in case file) 1
- Omaha City Ordinance No. 10192 1
- Omaha City Ordinance No. 10370 1
- Omaha City Ordinance No. 9853, that it is unlawful for any person to expose others to infection, and must submit to examination (full text included in CF) 1
- Ordinance 4462 of the City of Omaha, Sections 1, 3, & 11 1
- Ordinance No. 10222 1
- Ordinance No. 10222 - making it unlawful to expose another to venereal infection. 1
- Ordinance No. 10509 1
- Ordinance No. 407 "An Ordinance regulating the sale and giving away of intoxicating liquors within the corporate limits of the City of South Omaha, Nebr." Sections 5 and 7 1
- Ordinance number 977 1
- Ordinances of the City of Omaha 1
- Paragraph 2, Section 2, Art 4 of the Constitution; Provisions of the 14th amendment of the Constitution; Section 5278 of the Revised Statutes of the United States; 1
- Paragraph 8865 of Section 290 of the Revised Statues of Nebraska for 1913 1
- Paragraph 8865 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1913 1
- Pettibone v. U.S 1
- Pound v. U.S 1
- Prohibition Law (House Roll 793) 1
- Provisions of 531 c of the Code of Civil Procedure 1
- Revised Ordinances Omaha B. F. Thomas 1905. Chapter 54. Misdemeanors, Vagrants and Swindlers Sections 3 and 4 1
- Revised Statutes of Nebraska 1913 Sec. 8874 1
- Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1918, Section #8918 1
- Revised Statutes of Nebraska Section 808 1
- Schroeder v. State 41 Neb. 745 Norval v. Zinnmaster 57 Neb. 156 Thomsen, 1 Neb. 751 1
- Sec. 1, Chapter 26, Article 3, of the compiled statutes of Nebraska for 1899 1
- Sec. 260 of the Criminal Code, Sec. 18, Art. 6 of the constitution of the state of Nebraska 1
- Sec. 598 of Article of 46 of Chapter 25 of Wilsons Annodated Statutes of Oklahoma Territory 1
- Sec. 8940 of the Rev. Statutes of Nebraska for the year 1915 - a written complaint must be presented before District, County, or Police Judge 1
- Section 10175 of the Compiled Statues of the State of Nebraska 1922 1
- Section 11, Chapter 38, Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois 1
- Section 16, Chapter 186, Laws of Nebraska 1917 as amended by Section 16, Chapter 156, Laws of Nebraska, 1921 (Section Laws 1921, Page 639) 1
- Section 2, Chapter 146, Session Laws of 1917 1
- Section 202 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Nebraska 1
- Section 290 of the Criminal Code of the State of Nebraska 1
- Section 330, page 3481, of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska 1
- Section 330, pg. 2481 of the Compiled Statues of Nebraska 1
- Section 330 pg. 3461 of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska 1
- Section 6300 of Cobey's Annotated Statues of Nebraska for 1911 1
- Section 8835 of Revised Statute 1913 State of Nebraska 1
- Section 9199 of the Statutes of Nebraska 1913 1
- Section 9964 of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1922 1
- Sections 1173 and 1174 of the Complete Statutes of the State of Nebraska for 1922 1
- Sections 9138 and 9144 Statutes of Nebraska 1913 1
- State v. Brandt 1
- The state of Nebraska Ordinance No. 10222 1
- The state of Nebraska Ordinance No. 9852 1
- U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 1.; Nebraska Const, art. I, § 8. 1
- U.S. Const. art. V, VI. 1
- U.S v. Britton 1
- U.S v. Burns 1
- U.S v. Caril 1
- U.S v. Hess 1
- U.S v. Northway 1
- U.S v. Simmons 1
People
- Smith, Robert (clerk) 277
- Steere, Jr., Asel (deputy) 104
- Redick, William A. 94
- Estelle, Lee S. 75
- Clark, Michael L. 74
- Clark, Michael L. (sheriff) 67
- Sears, Willis G. 59
- Troupe, A. C. (Troup) 56
- Fitzgerald, James M. (James J.) 42
- Macfarland, John M. 41
- Brailey, Edwin F. 40
- Smith, Robert [clerk] 37
- Broadwell, Frank A. (clerk) 36
- Dempsey, Michael F. 36
- Shotwell, A. V. (county attorney) 36
- Eberstein, Marshall 35
- Briggs, John 34
- Van Duesen, Charles H. (Van Deusen) 34
- Leslie, Charles 33
- Moore, Frank E. (clerk) 33
- English, James P. 31
- Magney, George A. 31
- Dunn, Henry W. 30
- Endres, Michael L. (M. L. Endres) 30
- Foster, Charles E. 30
- Shotwell, Abel V. 30
- Foster, W. A. (Deputy) 28
- Goss, Charles A. 28
- Magney, George A. (County Attorney) 28
- O’Sullivan, Eugene D. (E. D.) 26
- Steere, Asel Jr. (deputy clerk) 26
- Berger, John M. 25
- Scott, Cunningham R. 25
- Steele Jr., Asel [deputy] 25
- Day, L. B. 24
- Clark, Michael L. [sheriff] 23
- Day, George A. 23
- McShane, Jr., Felix J. (F. J.) 23
- Phizek, J. V. 23
- Sutton, Abraham L. 22
- Jamieson, William Nicholas (Jameson) 21
- Beal, Henry (county attorney) 20
- Endres, M. L. (Sheriff) 20
- Power, John (sheriff) 20
- Steere, Asel Jr. (Deputy) 20
- Foster, W. A. 19
- Horrigan, Daniel H. (Daniel H. Harrigan) 19
- Neilson, A. (Notary Public) 18
- Callahan, J. 16
- Callahan, J. (Police Judge) 16
- Donahue, John J. (Donahoe) 16
- Maloney, Stephen (Steve) 16
- Osborn, Frank F. 15
- Manning, Ernest T. (Ernest C.) 13
- Robert Smith (Clerk) 13
- Sturn Jr., A. (deputy) 13
- Boyd, John F. 12
- Foster, W.A. [deputy] 12
- Baldwin, John N. (John W.) 11
- Dunn, John T. (John J. Dunn) 11
- Power, John 11
- Beal, Henry J. 10
- Drexel, John C. 10
- Grossmann, John H. (deputy) 10
- Morearty, Edward F. (Ed. F.) 10
- Bennett, George A. 9
- Berger, Alta (Alta Burger) 9
- Clarkson, Joseph B. 9
- Cunningham, W. G. (deputy) 9
- Dineen, Frank Michael (F. M. Dineen) 9
- Hoye, Charles W. (deputy) 9
- Ritchie, Albert S. (Richie) 9
- Steere, Asel, Jr. (deputy) 9
- Welch, P. J. (Deputy) 9
- Baxter, Irving F. 8
- Murray, Thomas B. 8
- Roach, James (deputy) 8
- Seavey, Webber S. (W. F.) 8
- Shotwell, A.V. (County Attorney) 8
- Steere Jr., A. (deputy) 8
- Wakeley, Arthur C. 8
- Wappich, William F. 8
- Weaver, Frank L. 8
- Welch, P.J. [deputy] 8
- Baker, Benjamin S. 7
- Berka, Louis 7
- Burger, Joseph O. 7
- Coffey, Raymond T. (R. T. Coffey) 7
- Cooley, Julius S. 7
- Drexel, John C. (sheriff) 7
- Foster, Charles E. (police magistrate) 7
- Foster, W. A. (Deputy Sheriff) 7
- Lindsay, James F. (Deputy) 7
- Lovely, William E. 7
- McDonald, John W. (sheriff) 7
- Morrissey, Andrew Marcus 7
- Wakely, Arthur J. 7
- Beal, Henry J. (county attorney) 6
- Britt, C. W. 6
- Broadwell, Frank (clerk) 6
517 results
In the matter of the application of Howard Litz for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 10, 1895
- Petition type(s): Carceral
- 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
In the matter of the application of Beula Dixon and Maud Lewis for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 20, 1895
- Petition type(s): Carceral: vagrancy | Carceral: prostitution
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Harry L. Davis for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 29, 1895
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fugitive from justice | Carceral: grand larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of Sigmund Arnstein for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 29, 1895
- Petition type(s): Carceral
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Charles Lewis and Ellis Hyde for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 22, 1895
- Petition type(s): Carceral: drunk and disorderly
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the Application of Oscar B. Hill for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 12, 1895
- Petition type(s): Carceral: selling liquor without a license
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Application of Eva Miller & Jessie Miller (Minors) for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 4, 1895
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In reapplication of James Miller for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 22, 1895
- Petition type(s): Carceral: burglary
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Russell G. Watson for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 12, 1900
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of George McBride for and on behalf of Margarie McBride for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 22, 1900
- 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 Thomas McCarty for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 7, 1895
- Petition type(s): Carceral: shooting with intent to kill and intent to wound
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Allen R. Kelly vs. John Power, Sheriff of Douglas County
- Earliest record date: April 3, 1900
- Petition type(s): Carceral: bribery
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Lee Helsley on behalf of Lizzie Hurd for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 21, 1900
- Petition type(s): Institutional: juvenile detention
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Edward Rosewater for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 2, 1901
- Petition type(s): Carceral: bribery
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Phillip McGovern for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 15, 1901
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of James Nelson for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 31, 1901
- Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawfully collecting and removing garbage, ashes, filth, and other refuse matter without a contract
- Petition outcome: Petition withdrawn
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Petition of David Brown for Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 7, 1901
- Petition type(s): Carceral: violation of Sunday Ordinance
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Minnie Bradley for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 7, 1901
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: kidnapping
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Ordered to be re-sentenced
In the matter of the Application of Henry Combs for a writ of Habeas Corpus for Thomas Combs and Charles Ross
- Earliest record date: April 9, 1901
- Petition type(s): Carceral: unlawfully collecting and removing garbage, ashes, filth, and other refuse matter without a contract
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of William Sherman for a writ of Habeas Corpus for Henry Sherman
- Earliest record date: August 21, 1901
- Petition type(s): Carceral: larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Meyer Green for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 10, 1901
- Petition type(s): Carceral: transferring judgment for purpose of avoiding state regulation
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of William J. Gurley for a writ of Habeas Corpus for Garnett C. Porter
- Earliest record date: October 11, 1901
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fugitive from justice
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of Application of Anna Rosa Day for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 25, 1901
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of George Nelson for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 21, 1901
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Albert T. Ryan on behalf of Fred Bonnis for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 17, 1901
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fugitive from justice
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Lewis G. Walsh for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 13, 1902
- Petition type(s): Carceral: painting on private bill boards
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Joseph Lewis for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 1, 1902
- Petition type(s): Carceral: obstructing a street
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of James Brown for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 4, 1902
- Petition type(s): Carceral: posting bills or advertisements
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Ruby Gertrude Denny a minor for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 2, 1902
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: New custody arrangement reached
In the matter of the application of Sarah D. Bassett for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 18, 1902
- Petition type(s): Institutional: juvenile detention
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Schuler Becker for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 7, 1902
- Petition type(s): Carceral: peddling without a license
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the re-application of Thomas S. Thompson for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 2, 1902
- Petition type(s): Carceral: peddling without a license
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Max Rosenthal, for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 25, 1902
- Petition type(s): Carceral: maintaining a solicitor without having a license
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the Application of Sarah Dee for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for Harry Dee
- Earliest record date: October 28, 1902
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Maude Cooper for a writ of Habeas Corpus for Kenneth Cooper, otherwise known as Albert Silas
- Earliest record date: November 29, 1902
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: New custody arrangement reached | released from custody
In the Matter of the Application of Mary Moore for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for Walter Johnson
- Earliest record date: February 18, 1903
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Fred Evers by Christ Evers, his father and next friend, for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 28, 1903
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Lewis Potts and Melissa Potts for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 20, 1903
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: New custody arrangement reached
The State of Nebraska ex rel J. L. Greene, superintendent of the Nebraska Hospital for the insane vs. John J. Donahue Chief of Police of the city of Omaha, Patrick Havey, jailor of the city jail of said City of Omaha, and E. A. Bullock sheriff of Madison County, Nebraska
- Earliest record date: April 16, 1903
- Petition type(s): Institutional: insanity
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of George Taylor for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 22, 1903
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the writ of Habeas Corpus of E. B. Branch
- Earliest record date: May 23, 1903
- 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 Sid Anderson and Cyrus Johnson for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 27, 1903
- Petition type(s): Carceral: distribution of circulars, dodgers, and advertisements
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the petition of Peter Duncan for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 20, 1903
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault and battery
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Arthur Moraine for a writ of habeas corpus for a minor child named Richard Moraine, and also known as Richard Murray
- Earliest record date: September 18, 1903
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Howard L. Rucker for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 21, 1904
- Petition type(s): Carceral: false pretenses
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail
In the matter of the application of Louis A. Borsheim and Helen A. Borsheim for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 5, 1904
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: New custody arrangement reached
In the matter of the application of Henry Cook for a writ of Habeas Corpus for and on behalf of James Garfield
- Earliest record date: May 16, 1904
- Petition type(s): Carceral: wrongful imprisonment
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Thomas Dennison for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 4, 1904
- Petition type(s): Carceral: grand larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
