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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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- Washington 359
Petition Type
- Carceral 288
- Interpersonal 54
- Institutional 21
- Unknown 1
Petition Subtype
- Interpersonal: child custody 40
- Carceral: cause unspecified 26
- Carceral: fugitive from justice 24
- Carceral 18
- Carceral: assault and battery 14
- Carceral: grand larceny 12
- Carceral: burglary 11
- Carceral: vagrancy 11
- Institutional: child custody 11
- Carceral: assault with a deadly weapon 9
- Carceral: embezzlement 8
- Carceral: no charge 8
- Carceral: obtaining money under false pretenses 8
- Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine 8
- Carceral: assault 7
- Carceral: contempt of court 7
- Interpersonal: kidnapping 7
- Carceral: gambling 6
- Carceral: immigration 6
- Carceral: larceny 6
- Carceral: opium use 5
- Carceral: robbery 5
- Carceral: wrongful imprisonment 5
- Carceral: disorderly conduct 4
- Carceral: disturbing the peace 4
- Carceral: drug use 4
- Carceral: forgery 4
- Carceral: murder 4
- Carceral: petty larceny 3
- Carceral: prostitution 3
- Carceral: running an opium den 3
- Carceral: violation of city ordinance 3
- Institutional: detaining sailors aboard ship 3
- Institutional: insanity 3
- Carceral: arson 2
- Carceral: assault with intent to kill 2
- Carceral: attempted rape 2
- Carceral: being a disorderly person 2
- Carceral: desertion 2
- Carceral: drunkenness 2
- Carceral: kidnapping 2
- Carceral: peddling without a license 2
- Carceral: perjury 2
- Carceral: possession of stolen property 2
- Carceral: refusal to pay bail 2
- Carceral: selling liquor to Indians 2
- Carceral: statutory rape 2
- Carceral: threatening violence 2
- Interpersonal 2
- Interpersonal: spousal custody 2
- Interpersonal: trafficking 2
- Carceral: administering drug to cause abortion 1
- Carceral: adultery 1
- Carceral: assault with intent to commit great bodily injury 1
- Carceral: attempt to defraud 1
- Carceral: attempted murder 1
- Carceral: bastardy 1
- Carceral: being in possession of stolen goods 1
- Carceral: bigamy 1
- Carceral: bootlegging 1
- Carceral: breaking and entering 1
- Carceral: Commission of a felony 1
- Carceral: conspiracy to defraud 1
- Carceral: contributing to the delinquency of a child 1
- Carceral: Corruption of a Juror 1
- Carceral: crime of seduction 1
- Carceral: debt 1
- Carceral: default of bail 1
- Carceral: drunk and disorderly 1
- Carceral: Engaging in a commission business without a license 1
- Carceral: Exhibiting and Flourishing a Dangerous Weapon 1
- Carceral: failure to pay 1
- Carceral: false accusation 1
- Carceral: first degree murder 1
- Carceral: fraud 1
- Carceral: fraudulent sale of railroad tickets 1
- Carceral: Grave Robbery 1
- Carceral: Habitual Drunkenness 1
- Carceral: hog theft 1
- Carceral: horse stealing 1
- Carceral: idleness 1
- Carceral: insanity 1
- Carceral: intent to commit robbery 1
- Carceral: keeping a house of ill repute 1
- Carceral: living with a prostitution 1
- Carceral: maintaining a common nuisance 1
- Carceral: Maliciously Prosecuting 1
- Carceral: military infraction 1
- Carceral: passing counterfeit currency 1
- Carceral: peace bond 1
- Carceral: possession of opium derivatives 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
- Carceral: removing mortgage property 1
- Carceral: selling and dealing narcotic drugs 1
- Carceral: smuggling 1
- Carceral: suspicious character 1
- Carceral: tax 1
Petition Outcome
- Writ Allowed 189
- Unknown 116
- Writ Denied 37
- Writ Dismissed 14
- Petition Denied 2
- Petition Withdrawn 1
Sex of Bound Party
- Male 265
- Female 69
- Unindicated 18
Age of Bound Party
- Unindicated 185
- Adult 106
- Minor 50
- Unclear 2
Race of Bound Party
- Unindicated 297
- Black 14
- Asian 11
- White 9
- Chinese 3
- Indigenous 2
- Japanese 2
- Multiracial 2
- Afrocaribbean 1
- Colored 1
- Italian 1
- Jewish 1
Court Name
- King County Superior Court (Seattle Washington) 258
- Third Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 97
- Second Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Washington (Tacoma Washington) 3
- The Superior Court Of The State Of Washington For King County (Seattle Washington) 1
- Us District Court For The Western District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 1
Repository
- Washington State Archives, Puget Sound Regional Branch (Bellevue, Washington) 359
- Washington State Archives, Northwest Regional Branch (Bellingham, WA) (Bellingham, Washington) 1
Points of Law Cited
- Article XVI of The Freeholders Charter, Seattle WA, October 1, 1890 2
- 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
- 1899 Criminal Code of Alaska 1
- 6th Amendment: Right to counsel 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
- Carter’s Annotated Alaska Codes, Section 47 1
- Chapter 121 of the Laws of 1911 of the State of Washington The State of Washington vs. McNally et al. 1
- Chapter 133 Sec. 1910 1
- Chapter 205, Sec. 14, of the Public Laws of Massachusetts Section 719, 2 Hill’s Code 1
- Chapter CLXIX of the Code of Washington (1881) 1
- Church on Habeas Corpus Section 454, page 591 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
- In re strickler 33 pac 620 (1893); Sec 25, 2d Hill; Sec 657 1st Hill; Sec 676 2st Hill; 2nd Hill Sec 1348 1
- L. Wash. Ten. 1875 139-166 Subdivision 7 of Section 32 1
- L. Wash. Ten. 407-455 subdivision 7, of section 32 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
- Mentioned Section 1843, 1847, & 1848 of the Code of Washington-Territory 1
- Ordinance 318 of Seattle, WA ("An ordinance to prevent the smoking and inhaling of opium") 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. 9744 of the City of Seattle, 1903 1
- Pierce (?) Code 1530 Bal Code 6910 1
- Probate case no. 4302 1
- Rustamento v. Analla, 1 New Mex. 255; 1
- Seattle City Ordinance No. 5657, Section 1 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. 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 14, subdivisions 8 and 9 of an ordinance of said city of said Seattle, Numbered 5657 as approved November 17, 1899 Chapter 35 of the law of the Legislature of the State of Washington, passed in 1901, found on page 34 and 3 of the session laws of the Legislature of Washington of 1901 1
- Section 1573 Pierce’s Code 1
- Section 1597 of Hill’s Code 1
- Section 20.12 of Washington Code 1
- Section 2073 of the Code of WA 1
- Section 31 Page 133 Laws of 1893 1
- Section 4587c of the Revised Statutes of the State of Wisconsin of 1898 as amended by Chapter 576 of the Laws of 1911 1
- Section 4588 1
- Section I of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States 1
- Sections 1271 to 1285 inclusive of the Code of Washington (Territory) 1
- Sections 3 and 12 of Article I of the Constitution of the State of Washington 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
- Subdivision 5 of Section 1 of Ordinance No. 6036 1
- Territory of Washington, Plaintiff, vs. David E. Kimble and A. B. Corriell, Defendants 1
- Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America (The Jay Treaty) 1
People
- Humes, Thomas J. 51
- Cudihee, Edward (Cudahee) 39
- Sickels, W. K. (Clerk) 35
- Bell, William R. 34
- Woolery, James H. 34
- McGraw, John Harte (J. A. McGraw) 33
- Greene, Roger Sherman 32
- Koepfli, C. A. (Clerk) 32
- Case, Otto A. (Clerk) 30
- Frater, Archibald Wanless 27
- Murphy, John Francis 26
- Ronald, James Theodore 26
- Griffin, Arthur E. 23
- Jacobs, Orange 23
- Seavey, James (Clerk) 23
- Hanford, Cornelius Holgate 21
- Smith, F. W. (Deputy) 21
- Bannick, Claude George (Claud) 20
- Jones, Richard A. 20
- Grant, G. A. (Deputy) 19
- Sullivan, John J. 17
- Tallman, Boyd J. 17
- Miller, John F. 16
- Gordon, John B. 15
- Smith, L. C. 15
- Ledgerwood, W. E. (clerk) 14
- Ludlow, James P. (Deputy Clerk) 14
- Lewis, James Hamilton 13
- Osborn, Richard 13
- Gilman, Luthene Claremont (L. C.) 12
- Van De Vanter, A. T. 12
- Gilliam, Mitchell 11
- Holmes, M. M. (Clerk) 11
- Reed, Charles S. (Reid) 11
- Cann, T. H. 10
- Cochran, William (Cochrane) 10
- Cudihee, Edward (Delivers Writ) 10
- De Bruler, Ellis 10
- Hawkins, J. E. 10
- Hopkins, R. M. (Clerk) 10
- Monroe, George C. 10
- Morris, George E. 10
- Burke, Thomas 9
- Langley, James Weston 9
- Lewis, Joseph R. 9
- Rivers, Claudius M. 9
- Steele, Samuel H. (Steel) 9
- Wyckoff, Louis V. 9
- Brown, Fred C. 8
- Delaney, Thomas R. 8
- Drew, Edward (Deputy) 8
- Humphries, John E. 8
- Mackintosh, Kenneth (Macintosh) 8
- Smith, Everett 8
- Stratton, J. A. 8
- Wiestling, Frank Beecher 8
- George, R. R. 7
- Hodge, Robert T. 7
- Lichtenberg, Isaac J. (Charles Westerfield) 7
- Myers, G. B. (Deputy) 7
- Peterson, Fred H. 7
- Plimpton, C. E. (Deputy Clerk) 7
- Sims, Frank E. 7
- Snook, Herbert E. 7
- Thompson, Maurice (Deputy Clerk) 7
- White, William H. 7
- Crabtree, I.J. (Deputy) 6
- Dore, John Francis 6
- Faben, Vince H. 6
- Hughes, P. D. 6
- Spencer, W.B. (clerk) 6
- Austin, C. G. 5
- Benson, E. D. 5
- Farwell, G. B. 5
- Griffiths, Austin E. 5
- Hall, J. M. 5
- Hamilton, Thomas J. 5
- Hannon, Harvey T. (deputy clerk) 5
- Holloway, George M. (clerk) 5
- Jackson, Andrew 5
- Mackintosh, Kenneth (Notary Public) 5
- McGraw, J. H. (Sheriff) 5
- Reinhart, C. S. (Clerk) 5
- Rogers, Bolton (Rodgers) 5
- Scott, W. T. 5
- Seavy, James (clerk) 5
- Sickels, D. K. (Clerk) 5
- Smith, H. H. (Deputy Clerk) 5
- Smith, L. C. (Delivered Writ) 5
- Tennant, Charles M. 5
- Thornton, H. G. 5
- Cudihee, Edward (Certifies Writ Delivery) 4
- Emory, George Meade 4
- Frye, Hermon S. 4
- Fulton, Walter S. 4
- Garner, Allen A 4
- Gordon, T.W. (Clerk) 4
- Haines, John C. 4
- Hatch, George C. 4
- McElroy, James E. 4
359 results
Download JSON Download CSVIn the matter of the application of Han Lee for a writ of Habeas Corpus on behalf of Seo Kim
- Earliest record date: January 21, 1874
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: trafficking
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Peter Nelson et al. v. Lewis V. Wycoff
- Earliest record date: April 28, 1875
- Petition type(s): Institutional: detaining sailors aboard ship
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Abigail Clauey v. King County
- Earliest record date: May 5, 1875
- Petition type(s): Carceral: disorderly conduct
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of David Hughes Alexander S Hughes, Joseph Brannan James Boyd and David Hart, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus Against Lewis V. Wycoff, Sheriff of King County Washington Territory
- Earliest record date: May 14, 1875
- Petition type(s): Carceral: peace bond
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Frank Burke vs. L. V. Wyckoff Writ of Habeaus Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 21, 1875
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault and battery
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail
Alexander Hughes vs. King County Writ of Habeaus Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 4, 1875
- Petition type(s): Carceral: perjury
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Donald Fallon and Frank Rogers for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 6, 1876
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed | writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody | remained in custody
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
In the matter of the complaint Martin Lawson, John Strom, Christ Anderson, Thomas Steward, Ellias Krebs, Edward Haquer, John Nickels, Peter Nelson, and Victor Martinson. Marines on board the American ship or vessel "War-Hawk" for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 1, 1875
- Petition type(s): Carceral: desertion
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Not in custody
In the matter of the Application of William Fox for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 16, 1878
- Petition type(s): Carceral: refusal or inability to pay court costs
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
John W Harding vs G. W. L. Allen
- Earliest record date: December 23, 1878
- Petition type(s): Carceral: refusal to pay bail
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
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
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
In the matter of the application of Henry Imhoff for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 1, 1881
- Petition type(s): Carceral: selling liquor to Indians
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Application of Lars Brown for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 22, 1882
- Petition type(s): Carceral: murder
- 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
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
City of Seattle v. John McLaine
- Earliest record date: February 28, 1884
- Petition type(s): Carceral: vagrancy
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the Application of George R. Daly for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 15, 1884
- Petition type(s): Carceral: horse stealing
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Sam Hing, John Sam, Joe Chinaman, Jim Kee, Ah Kee, Ah Sing, Ah Him, all Chinamen,--and James D. Patterson for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 2, 1884
- Petition type(s): Carceral: opium use | Carceral: running an opium den
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the Application of Ah Korn et al. for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 10, 1884
- Petition type(s): Carceral: gambling
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the Application of Albert Rhude for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 10, 1884
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the Application of Qui, a Chinaman, for a writ of habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: November 14, 1884
- Petition type(s): Carceral: running an opium den | Carceral: opium use | Carceral: possession of opium derivatives
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
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
In the matter of the application of Ah Sam and Ah Who for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 21, 1885
- Petition type(s): Carceral: gambling
- 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
In the matter of the application of Lee Kee for a writ of habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: May 21, 1885
- Petition type(s): Carceral: running an opium den
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Michael Henan for discharge on a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 20, 1885
- Petition type(s): Carceral: grand larceny
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Alfred Woods for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 22, 1885
- Petition type(s): Carceral: contempt of court
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of George Walker, John San Francisco and Pedro O'Brien for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 31, 1885
- Petition type(s): Institutional: detaining sailors aboard ship
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of C. W. Hutchinson for writ of Habeas Corpus.
- Earliest record date: October 31, 1885
- Petition type(s): Carceral: embezzlement
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Fannie Fowle, for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 20, 1885
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement | Interpersonal: wrongful servitude | Interpersonal: trafficking
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of Charles Barnes for a writ of Habeas Corpus.
- Earliest record date: January 4, 1886
- Petition type(s): Carceral: breaking and entering | Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- 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 restraint of Gee Lee and other Chinamen
- Earliest record date: February 7, 1886
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Yu Gum and Yu Hung for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 7, 1886
- Petition type(s): Carceral: immigration
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of Prosfrio Deffillipps and Filip Perill for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 29, 1886
- Petition type(s): Carceral: desertion
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of C. A. Clayton, Geo Rosenthal, Wm Lewis, John McDonald, Chas Olsen, Chao Kales, Fredericke Linde, C. Roschman For a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 9, 1886
- Petition type(s): Institutional: detaining sailors aboard ship
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Ah Ken for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 1, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of M. J. McDonough for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 21, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: contempt of court
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Order of discharge
In the Matter of the Application of I. E. Spafford for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 29, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: administering drug to cause abortion
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Alexander Brown and George Brown, infants, by their father Nicholas Brown for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 17, 1887
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Not in custody
In the Matter of the Application of Elnora Cline, an Infant, by B.M. Cline, Her Father, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 21, 1887
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Gustave Gunderson for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 27, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: wrongful imprisonment
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Charles W. Sawyer for a writ of habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: July 13, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of William W. Tinkham for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 31, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: false accusation
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody | released on bail
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
In the matter of the application of Thomas S. Brown et al for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 15, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: military infraction
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the Application of Alice McKay for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for the Body of Mary McKay Her Infant Daughter
- Earliest record date: November 25, 1887
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody | Interpersonal: kidnapping | Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Joseph Bowers for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 2, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault and battery
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
