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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 1089
- Interpersonal 197
- Institutional 155
- Unknown 2
Petition Subtype
- Interpersonal: child custody 153
- Carceral: immigration 90
- Carceral: fugitive from justice 85
- Carceral: cause unspecified 77
- Carceral: vagrancy 76
- Carceral: prostitution 46
- Institutional: child custody 46
- Carceral: wrongful imprisonment 44
- Carceral 40
- Institutional: underage military enlistment 35
- Carceral: grand larceny 33
- Carceral: larceny 32
- Carceral: fugitive slavery 31
- Carceral: disturbing the peace 30
- Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine 26
- Carceral: assault and battery 25
- Carceral: burglary 21
- Carceral: obtaining money under false pretenses 21
- Carceral: public charge 21
- Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement 21
- Institutional: insanity 20
- Interpersonal: kidnapping 19
- Carceral: murder 17
- Carceral: embezzlement 16
- Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor 15
- Carceral: Violation of Immigration Act of 1917 15
- Carceral: contempt of court 14
- Carceral: forgery 14
- Carceral: fraud 14
- Carceral: assault with a deadly weapon 13
- Carceral: assault 12
- Carceral: drug use 12
- Carceral: first degree murder 12
- Carceral: no charge 12
- Carceral: robbery 12
- Carceral: advocating or teaching the unlawful destruction of property 11
- Carceral: unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor 11
- Carceral: petty larceny 10
- Institutional: juvenile detention 10
- Carceral: bastardy 9
- Carceral: disorderly conduct 9
- Carceral: peddling without a license 9
- Carceral: selling liquor without a license 9
- Institutional: imprisoned for longer than term 9
- Carceral: carrying a concealed weapon 8
- Carceral: desertion 8
- Carceral: gambling 8
- Carceral: opium use 8
- Carceral: assault with intent to kill 7
- Carceral: inmate of ill-governed house 7
- Institutional: convent 7
- Institutional: public health detention 7
- Carceral: deportation 6
- Carceral: drunkenness 6
- Carceral: inmate of ill-governed home 6
- Carceral: keeping a house of ill repute 6
- Carceral: suspicious character 6
- Carceral: violation of city ordinance 6
- Institutional: Indian agent/superintendent 6
- Carceral: adultery 5
- Carceral: arson 5
- Carceral: drunk and disorderly 5
- Carceral: maintaining a common nuisance 5
- Carceral: municipal violation 5
- Carceral: perjury 5
- Carceral: statutory rape 5
- Institutional: immigration 5
- Institutional: seeking exemption from draft 5
- Interpersonal 5
- Carceral: assault with intent to commit great bodily injury 4
- Carceral: assault with intent to wound 4
- Carceral: child custody 4
- Carceral: false pretenses 4
- Carceral: insanity 4
- Carceral: malicious destruction of property 4
- Carceral: refusal to pay bail 4
- Carceral: robbery and battery 4
- Carceral: running an opium den 4
- Carceral: sabbath breaking 4
- Carceral: selling liquor to Indians 4
- Carceral: smuggling 4
- Carceral: unlawful detention 4
- Carceral: uttering and passing forged paper 4
- carceral: Violation of White Slave Traffic Act 4
- Institutional: spousal custody 4
- Interpersonal: spousal custody 4
- Interpersonal: wrongful servitude 4
- Carceral: breaking and entering 3
- Carceral: bribery 3
- Carceral: default of bail 3
- Carceral: horse stealing 3
- Carceral: kidnapping 3
- Carceral: moral turpitude 3
- Carceral: passing counterfeit currency 3
- Carceral: peace bond 3
- Carceral: possession of burglary tools 3
- Carceral: possession of intoxicating liquor 3
- Carceral: possession of opium derivatives 3
- Carceral: reckless driving 3
- Carceral: seduction 3
Petition Outcome
- Writ Allowed 691
- Unknown 301
- Writ Denied 260
- Writ Dismissed 119
- Writ Dismissed For Want Of Prosecution 21
- Petition Withdrawn 19
- Petition Denied 8
- Writ Vacated 1
Sex of Bound Party
- Male 1038
- Female 330
- Unindicated 40
Age of Bound Party
- Adult 772
- Unindicated 311
- Minor 258
- Unclear 26
Race of Bound Party
- Unindicated 1131
- Black 68
- Asian 43
- White 30
- Chinese 22
- Indigenous 20
- Japanese 20
- Italian 10
- Russian 9
- Colored 8
- Greek 8
- Multiracial 7
- German 5
- Jewish 4
- Polish 3
- Irish 2
- Afrocaribbean 1
- French 1
- Hungarian 1
- Unclear 1
Petition Year
- 1919 70
- 1921 54
- 1913 51
- 1914 48
- 1898 47
- 1920 47
- 1924 46
- 1912 42
- 1916 42
- 1855 41
- 1918 37
- 1903 36
- 1923 35
- 1894 33
- 1899 33
- 1905 33
- 1915 33
- 1901 31
- 1889 29
- 1904 29
- 1910 29
- 1902 28
- 1906 28
- 1891 27
- 1890 24
- 1893 24
- 1917 24
- 1885 22
- 1888 21
- 1922 21
- 1892 20
- 1854 19
- 1856 17
- 1887 17
- 1896 17
- 1884 13
- 1900 13
- 1897 12
- 1907 12
- 1911 12
- 1895 10
- 1857 9
- 1908 9
- 1886 8
- 1858 7
- 1862 7
- 1875 7
- 1909 7
- 1876 6
- 1832 5
- 1852 5
- 1865 5
- 1877 5
- 1883 5
- 1853 4
- 1866 4
- 1867 4
- 1869 4
- 1880 4
- 1827 3
- 1831 3
- 1879 3
- 1881 3
- 1825 2
- 1851 2
- 1859 2
- 1861 2
- 1868 2
- 1871 2
- 1872 2
- 1878 2
- 1882 2
- 1819 1
- 1828 1
- 1829 1
- 1836 1
- 1844 1
- 1845 1
- 1863 1
- 1864 1
- 1873 1
- 1874 1
- 1925 1
Earliest Record Date
- 1919 63
- 1921 51
- 1913 50
- 1898 46
- 1855 45
- 1912 45
- 1918 45
- 1914 43
- 1920 42
- 1916 41
- 1923 40
- 1903 39
- 1924 39
- 1899 33
- 1901 33
- 1905 33
- 1894 32
- 1891 31
- 1889 30
- 1902 30
- 1888 28
- 1906 28
- 1910 28
- 1917 28
- 1904 26
- 1890 25
- 1885 23
- 1892 23
- 1893 23
- 1915 23
- 1922 21
- 1854 19
- 1884 18
- 1911 18
- 1887 17
- 1896 17
- 1856 15
- 1895 13
- 1907 13
- 1900 12
- 1908 12
- 1886 11
- 1857 10
- 1875 10
- 1897 10
- 1909 8
- 1858 7
- 1862 7
- 1877 7
- 1883 7
- 1832 6
- 1869 6
- 1852 5
- 1865 5
- 1866 5
- 1880 5
- 1825 4
- 1853 4
- 1861 4
- 1876 4
- 1878 4
- 1827 3
- 1831 3
- 1867 3
- 1868 3
- 1874 3
- 1879 3
- 1881 3
- 1882 3
- 1819 2
- 1851 2
- 1859 2
- 1872 2
- 1873 2
- 0118 1
- 1820 1
- 1824 1
- 1826 1
- 1828 1
- 1829 1
- 1836 1
- 1837 1
- 1843 1
- 1844 1
- 1845 1
- 1860 1
- 1864 1
- 1871 1
Latest Record Year
- 1919 68
- 1913 54
- 1898 53
- 1920 53
- 1921 50
- 1914 45
- 1855 43
- 1903 38
- 1912 37
- 1924 37
- 1916 36
- 1899 35
- 1915 35
- 1894 33
- 1889 31
- 1891 31
- 1905 31
- 1906 30
- 1910 30
- 1917 30
- 1922 30
- 1901 29
- 1918 29
- 1902 28
- 1923 28
- 1888 25
- 1890 25
- 1885 24
- 1893 24
- 1904 23
- 1854 19
- 1892 19
- 1911 19
- 1856 17
- 1900 17
- 1884 16
- 1887 15
- 1909 12
- 1925 12
- 1895 11
- 1896 11
- 1907 11
- 1926 10
- 1857 9
- 1876 8
- 1886 8
- 1858 7
- 1862 7
- 1908 7
- 1883 6
- 1897 6
- 1832 5
- 1852 5
- 1865 5
- 1869 5
- 1875 5
- 1853 4
- 1866 4
- 1867 4
- 1877 4
- 1879 4
- 1880 4
- 1881 4
- 1927 4
- 1825 3
- 1828 3
- 1859 3
- 1873 3
- 1878 3
- 1820 2
- 1824 2
- 1831 2
- 1833 2
- 1851 2
- 1861 2
- 1868 2
- 1872 2
- 1874 2
- 1882 2
- 1808 1
- 1819 1
- 1826 1
- 1829 1
- 1834 1
- 1836 1
- 1844 1
- 1845 1
- 1864 1
- 1870 1
- 1871 1
- 1928 1
- 1931 1
- 1982 1
Court Name
- Douglas County District Court (Omaha Nebraska) 548
- King County Superior Court (Seattle Washington) 257
- Us District Court For The Western District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 129
- St Louis County Law Commissioners Court (St Louis Missouri) 105
- Third Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 100
- Us District Court For The Omaha Division Of The District Of Nebraska (Omaha Nebraska) 42
- Marion County Circuit Court (Salem Oregon) 33
- St Louis County Circuit Court (St Louis Missouri) 33
- Second Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Washington (Tacoma Washington) 28
- Gage County District Court (Beatrice Nebraska) 23
- Us Circuit Court For The Omaha Division Of The District Of Nebraska (Omaha Nebraska) 18
- Us Circuit Court For The Western District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 17
- Fourth Judicial District Court Of Washington Territory Spokane County (Cheney Washington) 15
- First Judicial District Of Washington District Court (Walla Walla Washington) 11
- First Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Washington (Colfax Washington) 10
- Us Circuit Court For The Ninth District Washington (Seattle Washington) 10
- District Court Of The United States District Of Washington (Port Townsend Washington) 9
- Nebraska Supreme Court (Lincoln Nebraska) 8
- Us Court Of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit (Omaha Nebraska) 8
- Us District Court For The Northern District Of Washington (Seattle Washington) 8
- Oregon Supreme Court (Salem Oregon) 5
- United States District Court Western District Of Washington Northern Division (Walla Walla Washington) 5
- Us Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit (Seattle Washington) 5
- The Superior Court Of The State Of Washington For King County (Seattle Washington) 4
- Us District Court For The Lincoln Division Of The District Of Nebraska (Lincoln Nebraska) 4
- United States Circuit Court Of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit (St Louis Missouri) 3
- District Court Of The United States District Of Alaska Court Room In The Town Of Sitka (Sitka Alaska) 2
- First Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Nebraska (Omaha Nebraska) 2
- Fourth Judicial District Of The State Of Nebraska (Omaha Nebraska) 2
- Us Circuit Court In And For The Northern District Of Iowa (Cedar Rapids Iowa) 2
- Atchison County District Court (Atchison Kansas) 1
- Bernalillo County District Court (Albuquerque New Mexico) 1
- District Court For The Territory Of Alaska Fourth Judicial District (Fairbanks Alaska) 1
- District Court Of The United States District Of Alaska (Juneau Alaska) 1
- District Court Of The United States District Of Nebraska (Lincoln Nebraska) 1
- Douglas County District Court (Lawrence Kansas) 1
- Gage County Court (Beatrice Nebraska) 1
- Kansas Supreme Court (Lawrence Kansas) 1
- Maricopa County Superior Court (Phoenix Arizona) 1
- Monroe County Courthouse ( Illinois) 1
- Pierce County Jail (Tacoma Washington) 1
- Polk County Court (Dallas Oregon) 1
- Polk County District Court (Des Moines Iowa) 1
- Sarpy County District Court (Papillion Nebraska) 1
- Second Judicial Court For The Territory Of Washington (Montesano Washington) 1
- Third Judicial District Court Of The Territory Of Washington (Coupeville Washington) 1
- Us Circuit Court Of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit (St Paul Minnesota) 1
- Us District Court For The First Division Of Kansas (Topeka Kansas) 1
- Us District Court For The North Platte Division Of The District Of Nebraska (North Platte Nebraska) 1
Repository
- Douglas County District Court (Omaha, Nebraska) 452
- Washington State Archives, Puget Sound Regional Branch (Bellevue, Washington) 358
- History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) 332
- National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle Branch, Washington (Seattle, WA) (Seattle, Washington) 165
- Missouri State Archives-St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri) 138
- National Archives and Records Administration, Kansas City (Kansas City, Kansas) 68
- Washington State Archives, Eastern Regional Branch (Cheney, WA) (Cheney, Washington) 35
- Oregon State Archives (Salem, Oregon) 34
- Gage County District Court (Beatrice, Nebraska) 23
- Washington State Archives, Southwest Regional Branch (Olympia, WA) (Olympia, Washington) 19
- Washington State Archives, Northwest Regional Branch (Bellingham, WA) (Bellingham, Washington) 14
- Marion County Courthouse (Salem, Oregon) 4
- Alaska State Archives (Juneau, Alaska) 3
- Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records (Phoenix, Arizona) 2
- Kansas State Archives & Historical Society (Topeka, Kansas) 1
- New Mexico State Records Center and Archives (Santa Fe, New Mexico) 1
Type of Source
- Case File 1421
- Docket 564
- Journal 90
- Index 28
- Complete Record 2
- Digitized Case File 1
Points of Law Cited
- U.S. Const. amend. V. 17
- Immigration Act of February 5, 1917 11
- National Prohibition Law 5
- U.S.-U.K. Treaty of August 9, 1842 4
- U.S.-U.K. Treaty of December 13, 1900 4
- U.S.-U.K. Treaty of July 12, 1889 4
- Act of Congress, May 27, 1902 3
- Mann Act 3
- Ordinance No. 9852 3
- Section 3 of the Act of Congress of March 26th, 1910, An Act to Amend An Act, entitled, An Act to Regulate the Immigration of Aliens into the United States 3
- Section No.1042 Revised Statutes 3
- U.S. Const. amend. IV. 3
- “An Act ceding jurisdiction to the United States over military reservations, known as Fort Niobrara and Fort Robinson,” Laws of Nebraska for the year 1887, pp. 628-9 2
- 88 Fed. 102 2
- Act of Congress, August 7, 1882 2
- Article XVI of The Freeholders Charter, Seattle WA, October 1, 1890 2
- Dawes Act 2
- Enabling Act of 1889 2
- Ex parte Royal 117 U.S. 241 2
- Geary Act, 1892 2
- In re Lewis, 83 Fed. 159 2
- In re Loney, 134 U.S. 372 2
- In re Neagle, 135 U.S. 1 2
- In re Waite, 81 Fed. 359 2
- Indian Appropriation Act 2
- National Prohibition Act 2
- No. 3532 Criminal, United States of America, Plaintiff, vs. John Surra and Albert Weston, Defendants 2
- Ohio v. Thomas, 173 U.S. 276 2
- Sec. 241 of the Code of Complied Statues of Nebraska in 1907 2
- Sec. 4 of Ordinance No. 1065 2
- Section 1014 of the Revised Annotated Statutes of the United States for 1914 2
- Section 2147 of the Revised Statutes of the United States 2
- Section 608 of the Code of Oregon 2
- Section No. 1042 Revised Statutes 2
- United States v. Reese, 92 U.S. 214 2
- U.S. Const. amend. XIV. 2
- U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 1. 2
- U.S. Const. amend. V. 2
- Volstead Act 2
- Wilcox v. Jackson, 13 Peters 498 2
- No Label 1
- “Act of Congress approved February 28, 1891 (26 Stats., 795) 1
- “Act of Congress of February 8, 1887” regarding Indian reservations 1
- “An act for the sale of timber land in the states of California, Oregon, Nevada, and in Washington Territory,” U.S. Congress, 3 June 1878 1
- “An act for the support and maintenance of illegitimate children,” 1897 Statutes of Nebraska, Ch. 37, Sec. 1 1
- “An Act to amend section ten (10), article thirteen (13), chapter eighty-three (83) of an act entitled ‘An act ceding jurisdiction of the military reservations of Fort Niobrara and Fort Robinson, Nebraska’ and to repeal said original section,” March 29, 1889 1
- “An act to establish peace with certain hostile tribes of Indians,” July 20, 1867 1
- “An Act to Provide for the Care of Delinquent Children,” Idaho, 2 March 1905 1
- “An Act to provide for the sale of part of the reservation of the Omaha Tribe of Indians in the State of Nebraska and for other purposes,” U.S. Congress, August 7, 1882 1
- “An act to regulate the practice of medicine and surgery in the State of Washington and to license physicians and surgeons, to punish all persons violating the provisions of this act, and to repeal all laws in conflict therewith, and declaring an emergency” and its amendment consisting of sections 6284-6285-6286-6287-6288-6289-6290 and 6291 of Pierce’s Code of the State of Washington 1
- “An Act to regulation the treatment and control of dependent, neglected, and delinquent children,” 24 May 1907 1
- “chapter one hundred and sixty-four of the laws of the first session of the Fifty-second Congress, passed on the thirteenth day of July, 1892” 1
- “Government and Protection of Indian Teachers” Title 28, page 369, sections 2111 and 2112 1
- “Private Contracts with Indians” Title 28, page 367, Chapter 2, Section 2103 1
- “section 5 of Rule 246 prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior for the government of the Indian office” 1
- #15 An ordinance prohibiting the smoking or inhaling of opium (circa. 1885 in Spokane Falls, WA) 1
- 1 Brightly, Dig p 426, 1, 8, 10, 17, 18, 25, 52, 62, 69, 102, 111 1
- 1 Op. Atty. Gen. 108 1
- 10 ann. Cas. 509 1
- 10 Stat. at Large, 277-8 1
- 103rd article of War 1
- 104 Pac. 296 1
- 104th Article of War 1
- 12 R. C. L., p. 1214-5 1
- 120 Am. St. Rep. 933, 88 Pac. 609 1
- 13 Op. Atty. Gen. p. 561 1
- 14 Ind. 479 1
- 14. Stat. at Large, 667 1
- 1429 of Hill’s Code 1
- 14th Amendment, Section 1 1
- 14th Amendment to Constitution 1
- 16 AM. Rep. 1. 8 R. C. L. Sec. 258, page 283 1
- 17 Am. Rep. 42 1
- 1787 Northwest Ordinance 1
- 1865 Treaty with the Winnebago 1
- 1875 Constitution of the State of Nebraska 1
- 188 U.S. 432 1
- 1899 Criminal Code of Alaska 1
- 19 Am. Dec. 546 1
- 19 Am. Rep. 211 1
- 1913 Session General Laws of Oregon, Chapter 153, Sections 1-3 1
- 1916 Compiled Statutes of the United States, Section 1706 1
- 1917 Immigration Act 1
- 1.H. Bla 569-611 1
- 2 Kent, Comm. 205 1
- 2 N.E. 29.; Commonwealth v. Emerson, 165 Mass. 146; Common v. Sisson, 60 NE 385; City of Chicago v. Netcher, 183 Ill. 104 1
- 20 Ann. Cas. 472 1
- 21 A. & E. Page 1075, Note 4. 1
- 21 Ann Cas. 465 1
- 22 Stat. at Large, 342 1
- 2292, Cobbey's Annotated Statutes of Nebraska 1909 1
- 24 Stat. 388 1
- 25 L. R. A. (N.S.) 172 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
- 29 Stat. 506 1
- 31 C. C.A. 403 1
- 32 L. R. A. 659 1
- 32 Law Edition, 274 Ex parte Nielsen, 131 U. S. 176, 33 L. Ed., 118 Ex parte Lange, 85 U. S., 163 21 Law Ed. 872 Ex parte Siebold, 100 U. S., 371, 25 Law Edition, 717 37 Texas Criminal Reports, 62 Section 37 of the Penal Code Section 138 of the Penal Code Section 215 of the Criminal Code Wharton Second Criminal Law, Sec. 1339 Re Eckart, 166 U. S., 481, 41 L. Ed., 1085 1
- 32 Pac. 197 1
- 34 L.R.A. 509 1
People
- Smith, Robert (clerk) 242
- Colvin, John W. 86
- Neterer, Jeremiah 72
- Estelle, Lee S. 69
- Redick, William A. 69
- Steere, Jr., Asel (deputy) 62
- Cushman, Edward E. 56
- White, Henry M. 55
- Clark, Michael L. (sheriff) 54
- Hanford, Cornelius Holgate 54
- Sears, Willis G. 54
- Troupe, A. C. (Troup) 54
- Clark, Michael L. 52
- Humes, Thomas J. 51
- Crosby, Frank L. (Clerk) 47
- Frank, Albyn L. (clerk) 42
- Greene, Roger Sherman 42
- Scott, Cunningham R. 42
- Cudihee, Edward (Cudahee) 41
- Brailey, Edwin F. 40
- Hoyt, R. C. (clerk) 40
- Bell, William R. 38
- Broadwell, Frank A. (clerk) 38
- Macfarland, John M. 38
- Smith, Robert [clerk] 37
- Shotwell, A. V. (county attorney) 36
- Sutton, Abraham L. 36
- English, James P. 35
- Fitzgerald, James M. (James J.) 35
- Sickels, W. K. (Clerk) 35
- Woolery, James H. 35
- Koepfli, C. A. (Clerk) 34
- Briggs, John 33
- McGraw, John Harte (J. A. McGraw) 33
- McShane, Jr., Felix J. (F. J.) 33
- Moore, Frank E. (clerk) 33
- Dunn, Henry W. 32
- Endres, Michael L. (M. L. Endres) 32
- Foster, Charles E. 32
- Magney, George A. 32
- McDonald, John W. 32
- Saunders, Robert C. 32
- Eberstein, Marshall 31
- Goss, Charles A. 31
- Slabaugh, Willard. W. 31
- Case, Otto A. (Clerk) 30
- Woodrough, Joseph William 30
- O’Sullivan, Eugene D. (E. D.) 29
- Magney, George A. (County Attorney) 28
- Van Duesen, Charles H. (Van Deusen) 28
- Boyle, John M. (U.S. Marshal) 27
- Dempsey, Michael F. 27
- Frater, Archibald Wanless 27
- Murphy, John Francis 27
- Seavey, James (Clerk) 27
- Sullivan, John J. 27
- Mcdonald, John W. (sheriff) 26
- Ronald, James Theodore 26
- Steere, Asel Jr. (deputy clerk) 26
- Berger, John M. 25
- Jacobs, Orange 25
- Steele Jr., Asel [deputy] 25
- Baker, Benjamin S. 24
- Jamieson, William Nicholas (Jameson) 24
- Leslie, Charles 24
- Shotwell, Abel V. 24
- Clark, Michael L. [sheriff] 23
- Day, George A. 23
- Foster, W. A. (Deputy) 23
- Griffin, Arthur E. 23
- Phizek, J. V. 23
- Allen, Clay 22
- Felps, James A. 21
- Gamble, Archibald (clerk) 21
- Jones, Richard A. 21
- Smith, F. W. (Deputy) 21
- Bannick, Claude George (Claud) 20
- Beal, Henry (county attorney) 20
- Endres, M. L. (Sheriff) 20
- Fishburne, George P. 20
- Power, John (sheriff) 20
- Steere, Asel Jr. (Deputy) 20
- Vanderveer, George F. (George T. Vanderveer) 20
- Day, L. B. 19
- Grant, G. A. (Deputy) 19
- Halligan, O. P. 19
- Pierce, Ralph S. 19
- Williams, Matthew (clerk) 19
- De Bruler, Ellis 18
- Donahue, John J. (Donahoe) 18
- Lewis, James Hamilton 18
- Maloney, Stephen (Steve) 18
- Munger, William H. 18
- Neilson, A. (Notary Public) 18
- Tallman, Boyd J. 18
- Gordon, John B. 17
- Hopkins, R. M. (Clerk) 17
- Robert Smith (Clerk) 17
- Smith, L. C. 17
- Callahan, J. 16
1421 results
Catharine L. Martin v. Jesse Martin
- Earliest record date: March 2, 1868
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody | Interpersonal: kidnapping
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of Ah Chow for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 1, 1869
- Petition type(s): Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine | Carceral: selling tobacco
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Eugene Crowne v. James McAuliff
- Earliest record date: May 31, 1869
- Petition type(s): Carceral: adultery | Carceral: fornication
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of Application of John Suelling for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 13, 1869
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fugitive from justice | Carceral: grand larceny
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
The People of the State of Nebraska vs. W.W. Armstrong and John A. Dunn
- Earliest record date: September 11, 1869
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
Charles Gahres and Martha J. Gahres v. Isabella Sutton and W. H. Barrett
- Earliest record date: August 1, 1868
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Lucia Martinez vs. Thomas Barrman, K. S. Woolsey, John Ammerman & Mrs Ammerman
- Earliest record date: July 29, 1871
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Custody transferred to third party
In the Matter of the Application of Samuel Coulter for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 22, 1872
- 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 said William Kirkland for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 12, 1872
- Petition type(s): Carceral: murder
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Petition of William H. Geary and William Williams for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 5, 1873
- Petition type(s): Carceral: mutiny
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In 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
In the matter of the application of J. J. Johnson for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 19, 1874
- Petition type(s): Carceral: selling liquor to Indians
- 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
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
In the matter of the application of John Gordon, for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 15, 1875
- Petition type(s): Institutional: violation of military order
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Custody transferred to third party
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 Wm C. F. Martz for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 11, 1875
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Territory of Washington v. Mary Ann and Adaline O'Neil
- Earliest record date: November 12, 1875
- Petition type(s): Carceral: vagrancy
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
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
J. H. Sheffler and Josephine Sheffler v. John B. Montague
- Earliest record date: November 11, 1876
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
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
Samuel Montgomery v. Edwina Montgomery
- Earliest record date: May 30, 1877
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody | new custody arrangement reached
In the Matter of the Application of Edward B. Fuller for a Writ of Habeas Corpus to Discharge Him from the Illegal Restraint by William Billings at the Jail of said County
- Earliest record date: June 13, 1877
- Petition type(s): Carceral: making written threats | Carceral: accessory to polygamy
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the petition of C. W. Zaeuker for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 18, 1877
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Joseph Wells v. William A Church & Martha Church
- Earliest record date: November 25, 1877
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody | Interpersonal: kidnapping
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the Application of Sarah Elizabeth Seibert for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 28, 1877
- Petition type(s): Carceral: polygamy
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of Henry Palm for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 19, 1878
- Petition type(s): Carceral: murder
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
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
In the Matter of the Application of S. W. Hall for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 6, 1879
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified | Carceral: embezzlement
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
John W Harding vs G. W. L. Allen
- Earliest record date: December 23, 1878
- Petition type(s): Carceral: refusal to pay bail
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
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 John Heo for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 25, 1880
- Petition type(s): Carceral: wrongful imprisonment
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of Julius Leiffman for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 7, 1880
- Petition type(s): Carceral: forgery | Carceral: fugitive from justice
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of H.A. Carleton for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 6, 1880
- Petition type(s): Carceral: bastardy
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Dan Sullivan v. David Marsh Sheriff of Whitman County
- Earliest record date: June 10, 1881
- Petition type(s): Carceral: petty larceny
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of George Arnold for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 5, 1881
- Petition type(s): Carceral: desertion
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
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 Warrhum W. Warren for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 1, 1883
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- 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 the application of J. S. Roadman for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 14, 1883
- Petition type(s): Carceral: no charge
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of John Rooney for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 17, 1883
- Petition type(s): Carceral: burglary
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- 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
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
