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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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Petition Type
- Carceral 598
- Interpersonal 143
- Institutional 109
- Unknown 5
Petition Subtype
- Interpersonal: child custody 127
- Carceral: cause unspecified 119
- Carceral: vagrancy 58
- Carceral: fugitive from justice 48
- Institutional: insanity 41
- Institutional: child custody 33
- Carceral: prostitution 25
- Carceral: wrongful imprisonment 24
- Carceral: disturbing the peace 21
- Carceral 16
- Carceral: unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor 16
- Carceral: refusal or inability to pay fine 14
- Carceral: grand larceny 13
- Carceral: unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor 12
- Carceral: contempt of court 10
- Carceral: selling liquor without a license 10
- Carceral: assault and battery 9
- Carceral: carrying a concealed weapon 9
- Carceral: fraud 9
- Carceral: larceny 9
- Carceral: murder 9
- Carceral: obtaining money under false pretenses 9
- Institutional: juvenile detention 8
- Carceral: burglary 7
- Carceral: embezzlement 7
- Carceral: forgery 7
- Carceral: inmate of ill-governed house 7
- Institutional: convent 7
- Institutional: public health detention 7
- Interpersonal 7
- Carceral: assault 6
- Carceral: bastardy 6
- Carceral: drunk and disorderly 6
- Carceral: inmate of ill-governed home 6
- Carceral: peddling without a license 6
- Carceral: drunkenness 5
- Carceral: gambling 5
- Carceral: immigration 5
- Carceral: insanity 5
- Carceral: keeping a house of ill repute 5
- Carceral: maintaining a common nuisance 5
- Carceral: municipal violation 5
- Carceral: suspicious character 5
- Unknown 5
- Carceral: adultery 4
- Carceral: assault with intent to commit great bodily injury 4
- Carceral: breaking and entering 4
- Carceral: desertion 4
- Carceral: false pretenses 4
- Carceral: robbery 4
- Carceral: robbery and battery 4
- Carceral: sabbath breaking 4
- Carceral: statutory rape 4
- Carceral: unlawful detention 4
- Carceral: uttering and passing forged paper 4
- Institutional: underage military enlistment 4
- Interpersonal: kidnapping 4
- Carceral: assault with intent to kill 3
- Carceral: assault with intent to wound 3
- Carceral: bribery 3
- Carceral: child custody 3
- Carceral: disorderly conduct 3
- Carceral: failure to provide for spouse 3
- Carceral: first degree murder 3
- Carceral: no charge 3
- Carceral: perjury 3
- Carceral: possession of burglary tools 3
- Carceral: reckless driving 3
- Carceral: seduction 3
- Institutional 3
- Institutional: spousal custody 3
- Carceral: aiding and abetting 2
- Carceral: arson 2
- Carceral: bigamy 2
- Carceral: child neglect 2
- Carceral: default of bail 2
- Carceral: deportation 2
- Carceral: forcible defilement 2
- Carceral: highway robbery 2
- Carceral: impersonating an officer 2
- Carceral: passing a check with insufficient funds 2
- Carceral: petty larceny 2
- Carceral: possession of intoxicating liquor 2
- Carceral: refusal to pay bail 2
- Carceral: stealing an automobile 2
- Carceral: unlawful possession and transport of intoxicating liquor 2
- Carceral: unlawfully collecting and removing garbage, ashes, filth, and other refuse matter without a contract 2
- Carceral: using obscene language in the presence of women 2
- Carceral: violation of Sunday Ordinance 2
- Carceral: wanted for questioning 2
- Carceral: wife abandonment 2
- Institutional: disability 2
- Institutional: imprisoned for longer than term 2
- Interpersonal: marital dispute 2
- Interpersonal: spousal custody 2
- Carceral: assault with a deadly weapon 1
- Carceral: assault with intent to commit rape 1
- Carceral: attempted robbery 1
- Carceral: blackmail 1
- Carceral: bootlegging 1
Petition Outcome
- Writ Allowed 370
- Writ Denied 213
- Unknown 113
- Writ Dismissed 95
- Petition Withdrawn 31
- Writ Dismissed For Want Of Prosecution 21
- Writ Vacated 1
Sex of Bound Party
- Male 586
- Female 229
- Unindicated 19
Age of Bound Party
- Adult 532
- Minor 174
- Unindicated 76
- Unclear 20
Petition Year
- 1919 56
- 1924 45
- 1898 39
- 1921 34
- 1920 33
- 1923 33
- 1910 28
- 1916 24
- 1917 23
- 1913 20
- 1918 19
- 1901 18
- 1915 18
- 1896 17
- 1912 17
- 1914 16
- 1922 16
- 1899 15
- 1900 15
- 1905 13
- 1908 13
- 1911 13
- 1894 12
- 1902 12
- 1903 12
- 1907 12
- 1897 11
- 1909 11
- 1906 10
- 1895 8
- 1904 6
- 1886 5
- 1890 4
- 1891 4
- 1887 3
- 1892 3
- 1893 3
- 1861 2
- 1865 2
- 1883 2
- 1889 2
- 1866 1
- 1868 1
- 1875 1
- 1877 1
- 1880 1
- 1881 1
- 1882 1
- 1885 1
- 1888 1
Earliest Record Date
- 1919 63
- 1921 49
- 1923 45
- 1920 42
- 1910 41
- 1898 39
- 1924 39
- 1913 32
- 1917 32
- 1918 30
- 1915 29
- 1916 28
- 1908 24
- 1912 24
- 1911 20
- 1896 19
- 1905 19
- 1914 19
- 1922 19
- 1899 18
- 1901 18
- 1909 18
- 1906 16
- 1907 16
- 1894 14
- 1900 14
- 1903 14
- 1902 13
- 1897 12
- 1895 7
- 1904 7
- 1886 6
- 1885 5
- 1890 5
- 1891 5
- 1888 4
- 1889 4
- 1893 4
- 1865 3
- 1883 3
- 1887 3
- 1892 3
- 1861 2
- 1866 2
- 1875 2
- 1876 2
- 1877 2
- 1882 2
- 1856 1
- 1860 1
- 1868 1
- 1874 1
- 1880 1
- 1881 1
- 1884 1
Latest Record Year
- 1919 56
- 1920 54
- 1921 49
- 1898 47
- 1910 45
- 1924 38
- 1915 33
- 1923 32
- 1917 31
- 1913 30
- 1916 26
- 1899 22
- 1908 22
- 1912 21
- 1914 21
- 1918 21
- 1906 20
- 1909 20
- 1911 20
- 1922 18
- 1900 17
- 1901 16
- 1903 15
- 1905 15
- 1902 13
- 1907 13
- 1894 12
- 1925 11
- 1896 10
- 1926 9
- 1897 8
- 1886 7
- 1895 7
- 1890 6
- 1904 6
- 1888 4
- 1891 4
- 1893 4
- 1865 3
- 1876 3
- 1883 3
- 1885 3
- 1887 3
- 1889 3
- 1892 3
- 1927 3
- 1861 2
- 1866 2
- 1877 2
- 1881 2
- 1882 2
- 1860 1
- 1868 1
- 1874 1
- 1884 1
- 1928 1
- 1931 1
Court Name
- Douglas County District Court (Omaha Nebraska) 502
- Lancaster County District Court (Lincoln Nebraska) 226
- Us District Court For The Omaha Division Of The District Of Nebraska (Omaha Nebraska) 45
- Nebraska Supreme Court (Lincoln Nebraska) 22
- Adams County Court (Hastings Nebraska) 21
- Gage County District Court (Beatrice Nebraska) 19
- Us Circuit Court For The Omaha Division Of The District Of Nebraska (Omaha Nebraska) 19
- Us Court Of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit (Omaha Nebraska) 8
- Marion County Circuit Court (Salem Oregon) 6
- 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
- First Judicial District Court For The Territory Of Nebraska (Omaha Nebraska) 2
- Fourth Judicial District Of The State Of Nebraska (Omaha Nebraska) 2
- Atchison County District Court (Atchison Kansas) 1
- Gage County Court (Beatrice Nebraska) 1
- Polk County District Court (Des Moines Iowa) 1
- Sarpy County District Court (Papillion Nebraska) 1
- Us Circuit Court Of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit (St Paul Minnesota) 1
- Us District Court For The North Platte Division Of The District Of Nebraska (North Platte Nebraska) 1
Type of Source
- Docket 846
- Case File 564
- Journal 236
- Complete Record 56
Points of Law Cited
- U.S. Const. amend. V. 8
- 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
- Ordinance No. 9852 3
- Section No.1042 Revised Statutes 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
- Dawes Act 2
- Ex parte Royal 117 U.S. 241 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
- 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 No. 1042 Revised Statutes 2
- United States v. Reese, 92 U.S. 214 2
- U.S. Const. amend. IV. 2
- U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 1. 2
- Wilcox v. Jackson, 13 Peters 498 2
- “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 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 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
- “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
- “section 5 of Rule 246 prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior for the government of the Indian office” 1
- 1 Op. Atty. Gen. 108 1
- 10 Stat. at Large, 277-8 1
- 103rd article of War 1
- 104th Article of War 1
- 13 Op. Atty. Gen. p. 561 1
- 14. Stat. at Large, 667 1
- 1865 Treaty with the Winnebago 1
- 1875 Constitution of the State of Nebraska 1
- 188 U.S. 432 1
- 1916 Compiled Statutes of the United States, Section 1706 1
- 22 Stat. at Large, 342 1
- 2292, Cobbey's Annotated Statutes of Nebraska 1909 1
- 24 Stat. 388 1
- 29 Stat. 506 1
- 31 C. C.A. 403 1
- 47th Article of War 1
- 48th Article of War 1
- 7 Op. Atty. Gen. p. 633 1
- 8 Op. Atty. Gen. 387-8 1
- 9 Op. Atty. Gen. 263-4 1
- Act of April 11, 1890, General Statutes, Vol. 26, p. 54 1
- Act of Congress, 22 Stats. 342 1
- Act of Congress, April 21, 1904 1
- Act of Congress, February 20, 1907 1
- Act of Congress, February 8, 1887 1
- Act of Congress, March 26, 1910 1
- Act of Congress, October 1, 1890, 26 Stat. 648 1
- Act of Congress of December 17, 1914, or Harrison Act (C. L. 38 Stat. 785) 1
- Act to provide for the adoption of minor children. Sections 796, 797, 799, 800, and 801, of chapter 2, title 25 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the State of Nebraska. 1
- Allen v. Louisiana, 102 U.S. 80 1
- an ordinance to prevent the sale or exchange of property under the inducement that a gift or prize is to be part of the transaction 1
- Article 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution 1
- Article 1, Section 10 of the United States Constitution 1
- Article 1, Section 16 of the Nebraska State Constitution 1
- Article 1, Section 16 of the United States Constitution 1
- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the US Constitution 1
- Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution 1
- Article 2, Page 3145 of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1922 1
- Article V of the Constitution 1
- Article VI of the Constitution 1
- Baldin v. Franks, 120 U.S. 678 1
- Beck v. Flournoy Life Stock Co., 65 Fed. 30 1
- Benson v. United States 146 U.S. 330 1
- Billingham v. U.S 1
- Binghamption Bridge case 3 Wall. (U.S.) 51 1
- Blitz v. U.S 1
- Boske v. Comingore, 177 U.S. 276 1
- Carter v. McClaughry, 183 U.S. 365 1
- Carter v. Roberts, 177 U.S. 496 1
- Case No. 6921, Cronin, U.S. Marshal, et al., vs. William J. Fox 1
- Chapter 21 of the Revised Ordinances of the Village of Bayard, Nebraska, passed and approved June 26, 1917 1
- Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company v. McGlinn 114 U.S. 542 1
- City of Omaha Ordinance No. 10222 1
- City of Omaha Ordinance No. 9852 1
- Coleman v. Tennessee, 97 U.S. 506 1
- Colorado Revised Statute § 1849 (concerning the fraudulent taking of another person's personal property) 1
- Commonwealth v. Clary 8 Mass. 72 1
- Commonwealth v. Cushing, 11 Mass. 67 1
- Commonwealth v. Downer, 24 Peck 227 1
- Commonwealth V Emerson 165 Mass. 234 1
- Commonwealth v. Fox, 7 Pa. St. 336 1
- Commonwealth V Sisson 50 NE Rep. 385 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
People
- Smith, Robert (clerk) 242
- Redick, William A. 69
- Steere, Jr., Asel (deputy) 62
- Estelle, Lee S. 60
- Stewart, Willard E. 57
- Sears, Willis G. 55
- Clark, Michael L. (sheriff) 54
- Troupe, A. C. (Troup) 54
- Clark, Michael L. 52
- Cornish, Albert J. 46
- Brailey, Edwin F. 40
- Hoyt, R. C. (clerk) 40
- Broadwell, Frank A. (clerk) 38
- Macfarland, John M. 38
- Frank, Albyn L. (clerk) 37
- Morning, William McClellen 37
- Smith, Robert [clerk] 37
- Sutton, Abraham L. 37
- Shotwell, A. V. (county attorney) 36
- English, James P. 35
- Fitzgerald, James M. (James J.) 35
- Briggs, John 33
- Dunn, Henry W. 33
- McShane, Jr., Felix J. (F. J.) 33
- Endres, Michael L. (M. L. Endres) 32
- Foster, Charles E. 32
- Eberstein, Marshall 31
- Goss, Charles A. 31
- Hoagland, Henry V. (sheriff) 31
- Holmes, Edward P. 31
- Magney, George A. 31
- Miller, Ira (sheriff) 31
- Woodrough, Joseph William 30
- Greene, Robert J. 29
- McDonald, John W. 29
- O’Sullivan, Eugene D. (E. D.) 29
- Slabaugh, Willard. W. 29
- Magney, George A. (County Attorney) 28
- Van Duesen, Charles H. (Van Deusen) 28
- Dempsey, Michael F. 27
- Mcdonald, John W. (sheriff) 27
- Steere, Asel Jr. (deputy clerk) 26
- Berger, John M. 25
- Leslie, Charles 25
- Steele Jr., Asel [deputy] 25
- Baker, Benjamin S. 24
- Hyers, Gus A. (sheriff) 24
- Jamieson, William Nicholas (Jameson) 24
- Shotwell, Abel V. 24
- Clark, Michael L. [sheriff] 23
- Day, George A. 23
- Foster, W. A. (Deputy) 23
- Phizek, J. V. 23
- Baker, E. (clerk) 21
- Power, John (sheriff) 21
- Beal, Henry (county attorney) 20
- Endres, M. L. (Sheriff) 20
- Steere, Asel Jr. (Deputy) 20
- Zellars, Clyde B. (deputy sheriff) 20
- Day, L. B. 19
- Hughart, Charles A. (deputy sheriff) 19
- Maloney, Stephen (Steve) 19
- Cosgrave, P. James 18
- Donahue, John J. (Donahoe) 18
- Munger, William H. 18
- Neilson, A. (Notary Public) 18
- Scott, Cunningham R. 18
- Altschuler, Alex 17
- Robert Smith (Clerk) 17
- Callahan, J. 16
- Callahan, J. (Police Judge) 16
- Frost, Lincoln 16
- Horrigan, Daniel H. (Daniel H. Harrigan) 16
- Malone, James 16
- Doyle, Thomas J. 15
- Harris, J. D. (deputy) 15
- Osborn, Frank F. 15
- Burr, Lionel C. 14
- Cronin, Dennis H. 14
- Moore, F. A. (Deputy) 14
- Scott, Andrew C. 14
- Greene, Philip F. 13
- Munger, Thomas C. 13
- Nicholson, John (deputy clerk) 13
- Power, John 13
- Shepherd, Frederick 13
- Tyrrell, Frank M. 13
- Foster, W.A. [deputy] 12
- Hall, Charles L. 12
- Miller, Fred A. 12
- Pound, Stephen B. 12
- Sizer, Edward R. (clerk) 12
- White, Martin 12
- Billingsley, L. W. 11
- Grebe, Louis (deputy) 11
- Tibbetts, Addison S. 11
- Towle, Wilbur W. 11
- Allen, Thomas S. 10
- Baldwin, John N. (John W.) 10
- Baxter, Irving F. 10
846 results
The Territory of Nebraska on relation of William Porter vs. Shepard Duke, Sheriff of Cass County
- Earliest record date: October 12, 1861
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault and battery
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
The Territory of Nebraska on relation of John Krauth vs. John Duke, Sheriff of Cass County
- Earliest record date: October 18, 1861
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault and battery
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
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
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
In the matter of the application of Nicholas O'Byrne for the writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 2, 1866
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of James Conroy to be discharged from prison by Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 30, 1868
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
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
In the Matter of the Application of Frank D. Soverign in the Matter of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 22, 1877
- Petition type(s): Carceral: hunting violation
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in 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
In the matter of the application of Joseph Brown for Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 14, 1881
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail
In the matter of the application of P. Washington for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 30, 1882
- Petition type(s): Carceral: grand larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of due application of Ellen Kingsley for writ of Habeas Corpus for Infant Child
- Earliest record date: February 15, 1883
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
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 Otto H. Dogge for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 22, 1885
- Petition type(s): Carceral: aiding and abetting
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Mary Marshall mother of Wm. Marshall an infant for a petition of habeas corpus
- Earliest record date: June 8, 1886
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for Peter Goshaun
- Earliest record date: July 12, 1886
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Bertha Dogge for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 16, 1886
- Petition type(s): Carceral: contempt of court
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of Application of Henry Huckfeldt for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 30, 1886
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
Ex Parte Wilhalm Spiertiz, Application for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 5, 1886
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Clifford B. Smith for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 9, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: grand larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
Ex Parte Hiram VanBuskirk, Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 22, 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 Louis Leiberman for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 18, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: violation of Sunday Ordinance
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail
In the Matter of Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus for Clayton Musser, by John Musser, parent
- Earliest record date: March 13, 1888
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the Application of William P. Keif for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 22, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral: selling liquor without a license
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the Proceedings in Habeas Corpus in behalf of Evelyn E Miller, on Petition and Application of Louis B. Millerburrb
- Earliest record date: August 4, 1889
- 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 Himan Klimax for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 27, 1890
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the Application of Frank Williams, for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 24, 1890
- Petition type(s): Carceral: gambling
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of application of M. O. Ricketts for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for the body of ‘Till’
- Earliest record date: October 20, 1890
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of George Sellers for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 18, 1890
- Petition type(s): Carceral: voter fraud
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of T. Judson Ferguson for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 7, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: forgery
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of Howard W. Zink for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 12, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: embezzlement
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the application of Viola Mills, a Minor under the age of 21 years, for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 5, 1891
- Petition type(s): Institutional: juvenile detention
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of Application of Rose Dodson for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 19, 1891
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Frank E. Shupe for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 9, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the application of William Bridwell for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 8, 1892
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the application of Louis M. Cohn for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 26, 1892
- Petition type(s): Carceral: contempt of court
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of Louis M. Cohn, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 17, 1893
- Petition type(s): Carceral: contempt of court
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In re application for writ of habeas corpus by Lizzie Hendrickson
- Earliest record date: February 1, 1893
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the application of Henry A. Fricke, for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 14, 1893
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fraud
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Not in custody
In the matter of the application of Pat Martin for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 16, 1894
- Petition type(s): Carceral: petty larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the application of James E. Botts for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 19, 1894
- Petition type(s): Carceral: forgery
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the Application of Archibald S. Jones for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 21, 1894
- Petition type(s): Carceral: murder
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Fayette I. Foss, for a writ of Habeas Corpus on behalf of David Zimmerman
- Earliest record date: July 3, 1894
- Petition type(s): Carceral: contempt of court
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail
In the Matter of the Application of William C. Monohon for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 11, 1894
- Petition type(s): Carceral: selling samples without a license | Carceral: municipal violation | Carceral: peddling without a license
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Solomon Boward for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 25, 1894
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody | remained in custody
In the matter of the application of George W. Davis for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 25, 1894
- Petition type(s): Carceral: murder
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the application of Arthur Stull for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 14, 1894
- Petition type(s): Carceral: breaking and entering
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of the application of James Martin for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 14, 1894
- Petition type(s): Carceral: breaking and entering
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of John Casey for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 16, 1894
- Petition type(s): Carceral: vagrancy
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Thomas Wilson and G. F. Leanord for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 16, 1894
- Petition type(s): Carceral: carrying a concealed weapon
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
