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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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- Carceral: violation of Sunday Ordinance 1
- Carceral: voter fraud 1
- Institutional: disability 1
- Institutional: medical debt 1
- Interpersonal: minor marriage 1
- Interpersonal: wrongful enslavement 1
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- Writ Allowed 190
- Writ Denied 126
- Writ Dismissed 49
- Unknown 29
- Petition Withdrawn 24
Sex of Bound Party
- Male 326
- Female 85
- Unindicated 13
Age of Bound Party
- Adult 238
- Minor 90
- Unindicated 76
- Unclear 6
Race of Bound Party
- Unindicated 397
- White 6
- German 2
- Indigenous 2
- Black 1
- Jewish 1
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- 1894 24
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- Lancaster County District Court (Lincoln Nebraska) 229
- Douglas County District Court (Omaha Nebraska) 130
- Marion County Circuit Court (Salem Oregon) 37
- Nebraska Supreme Court (Lincoln Nebraska) 14
- First Judicial District Of Washington District Court (Walla Walla Washington) 10
- Oregon Supreme Court (Salem Oregon) 5
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- Polk County Circuit Court (Dallas Oregon) 1
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Repository
- History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) 359
- Douglas County District Court (Omaha, Nebraska) 62
- Oregon State Archives (Salem, Oregon) 38
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- Marion County Courthouse (Salem, Oregon) 4
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- Journal 419
- Docket 236
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- Index 30
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Points of Law Cited
- Act of Congress on March 3, 1875 2
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- “An Act to regulation the treatment and control of dependent, neglected, and delinquent children,” 24 May 1907 1
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- 21 Ann Cas. 465 1
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- 62 Am. St. Rep. 117 1
- 642 of Lord’s Oregon Laws 1
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- 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
- Ann. Cas. 1914 A., pp. 740, 758 1
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- Article 1, Section 33, of the Oregon State Constitution 1
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- Article 4, Section 2, of the Oregon State Constitution 1
- Article 57 of the Bill of Rights of the Oregon State Constitution 1
- Babbit vs. Brush, 4 Ind. 355, 359 1
- Boyd v. Olcott, Or., 202 Pac. 431 1
- Brown Judgments (2nd Ed Secs 97 to 110) 1
- Coffee v. Black, 82 Va. 567 1
- Commonwealth V Emerson 165 Mass. 234 1
- Commonwealth V Sisson 50 NE Rep. 385 1
- Corrie v. Corrie, 42 Mich. 509, 4 N. W. 213 1
- Eason v. State, 11 Ark. 481 1
- Ex parge Milligan, 4 Wall 131 1
- Ex parte Ah Peen, 51 Calif. 280 1
- Ex parte Barnes, 54 Or. 548 1
- Ex parte Bernert 7 Pac. Coast Law J. 460 1
- Ex parte Bowers, supra, Chief Justice Moores, 397 1
- Ex parte Bulger 60 Calif 438 1
- Ex parte Cox 32 Pac 197 (Idaho) 1
- Ex parte Crause, 5 A. & E. Annotated Cases, 92, 1905 1
- Ex parte Dickson 133 Pac 393-6 (Nev) 1
- Ex parte Foster, 69 Ore. 319 (Pac 849-50) 1
- Ex parte Jack Wessens, 89 Ore. 587 1
- Ex parte Kearney 55 Calif. 212 1
- Ex parte Langes 18 Wall. 163 (21 L. Ed 879) 1
- Ex parte Mack, 88 Ore. 174 1
- Ex parte Page 49 Mo. 291-2 1
- Ex parte Reed, 100 U.S. 13 1
- Ex parte Satterthwait, 52 Mont. 550, 160 Pac. 343 1
- Ex parte Shaw, 7 Ohio State Rep. 81 1
- Ex parte Smith 2 Nev. 338 1
- Ex parte Stacey 45 Or 85 (75 Pac 1060) 1
- Ex parte Tice 32 Or 179 (49 Pac 1038) 1
- Ex parte Tyler 149 U.S. 164 (37 L Ed 689) 1
- Ex parte Webb, 24 Nev. 242 (16 Am Rep. 1), CSI Pac 1027 1
- Ex parte Webb 24 Nev. 242, 51 Pac. 1027 1
- Ex parte Wilson, 114 U.S. 417 1
- Ex parte Yarbough 110 U.S. 651 1
- Foster vs. Meyers, 59 Or. 549-550 1
- Harrington vs. Jones 99 Pac. 955 (Or) 1
- Hawley v. Anderson, 98 Or. 191, 190 Pac. 1097, 195 Pac. 558 1
- Heatherly v. Hadley 4 Ore. 1 1
- Hoxwie v. Potter, 16 R. I. 374, 17 Atl. 129 1
- H.R. No. 87 1
- Hummel v. Parriah, (Utah) 134 Pac. 898 1
- In re Frederich 149 U.S. 70 (37 L Ed 653) 1
- In re Lane 135 U.S. 443 (34 L. Ed 219) 1
- In re Newton 16 C.B. 97 1
- In re Norton, 68 Pac. 659 1
- In re Swan 150 U.S. 637 (37 L Ed 1207) 1
- Juvenile Court of Shelby Co. vs. State ex rel Humphrey, 139 Tenn. 549, 201 S.W. 771 1
- Kelsey vs. Carroll, 38 Pac. 867-868 1
- Kennedy vs. Meara, 9 Am. and Eng. Cases 396 1
- Knapp v. Wallace, 50 Oreg. 347 1
- Local Option Act 1
- Long v. Minto, 81 Ore. 281 1
- Lord’s Oregon Laws, Section 4406 1
- Lord’s Oregon Laws, Section 7097 1
- Lord’s Oregon Laws, Section 7099 1
- Mills vs. Brown, 31st Utah, 473 1
- Montour vs. Purdy, 11 Minn. 384 1
- Northcut v. Lemery, 8 Ore. 316 1
- Nugent vs. Powell, 4 Wyo. 139, 33rd. Pac, 23-28, 20 LRA 199 1
- Ogden vs. State 156 N.W. 476-477 1
- People V Dycker 72 App. Div. NY 308 1
- People V Gilpin 109 NY 389 1
- People vs. Liscomb 60 N.Y. 559 (19 Am Rep 221) 1
- People vs. McLeod 3 Hill (NY) 659-61-6 1
- People vs. Walter 15 Abb N.C. 461 1
- Re Pryse, L. R. A., 41 (N.S.) p. 590 1
- Re Sharp, 18 L. R. A., N.S., 886 1
- Reynolds v. Howe, 51 Conn. 472 1
- Rule v. Geddes, 23 App. D. C., 31 1
- Sate V Long 74 Md. 565 1
- Sec 291 of NE Criminal Code 1
- Sec 367, Nebraska code of criminal procedure 1
- Sec 389 of NE Criminal Code 1
- Sec 583 of NE Criminal Code 1
- Sec 585 of NE Criminal Code 1
- Sec 670, Statutes of the State of Nebraska 1
- Sec117a of 1897 NE Criminal Code 1
People
- Stewart, Willard E. 57
- Cornish, Albert J. 46
- Morning, William McClellen 38
- Lake, George B. 36
- Moore, Frank E. (clerk) 33
- Hoagland, Henry V. (sheriff) 31
- Holmes, Edward P. 31
- Greene, Robert J. 29
- Miller, Ira (sheriff) 29
- Scott, Cunningham R. 27
- Hyers, Gus A. (sheriff) 24
- Baker, E. (clerk) 21
- Zellars, Clyde B. (deputy sheriff) 20
- Hughart, Charles A. (deputy sheriff) 19
- Cosgrave, P. James 18
- Frost, Lincoln 16
- Malone, James 16
- Doyle, Thomas J. 15
- Bingham, George G. 14
- Boyer, U. G. (clerk) 13
- Burr, Lionel C. 13
- Galloway, William 13
- Greene, Philip F. 13
- Pound, Stephen B. 13
- Shepherd, Frederick 13
- Boyd, John F. 12
- Hall, Charles L. 12
- Miller, Fred A. 12
- Sizer, Edward R. (clerk) 12
- Tyrrell, Frank M. 12
- Billingsley, L. W. 11
- Drexel, John C. 11
- Seavey, Webber S. (W. F.) 11
- Tibbetts, Addison S. 11
- Towle, Wilbur W. 11
- Estelle, Lee S. 10
- Harris, J. D. (deputy) 10
- Altschuler, Alex 9
- Bennett, George A. 9
- Clarkson, Joseph B. 9
- Dawson, J. T. (deputy sheriff) 9
- Hay, John T. 9
- Ress, Nicholas (sheriff) 9
- Strode, Jesse B. 9
- Baer, Jacob S. (clerk) 8
- Boise, Reuben Patrick 8
- Bower, O. D. (deputy sheriff) 8
- Branson, Z. S. (sheriff) 8
- Clements, Elliot J. 8
- Cooper, Phillip H. 8
- Drexel, John C. (sheriff) 8
- Field, Sr., Allen W. 8
- Hagelin, Richard H. 8
- Hager, George E. 8
- McClay, Samuel 8
- Needham, W. I. (sheriff) 8
- Pound, Roscoe 8
- Simmons, Lorenzo A. (sheriff) 8
- Sturn Jr., A. (deputy) 8
- Boyer, U. G. (deputy clerk) 7
- Comstock, Wilmer B. 7
- Esch, William (sheriff) 7
- Fenton, William D. 7
- Gehlhar, Max (clerk) 7
- Hensel, Claude B. (deputy sheriff) 7
- Hoagland, Henry V. 7
- Hyers, Gus A. 7
- Johnstone, Peter 7
- Low, Samuel E. (clerk) 7
- Melick, Samuel M. 7
- Melick, Samuel M. (sheriff) 7
- Steiner, R. E. Lee 7
- Trompen, John J. (sheriff) 7
- Waters, Frank R. 7
- Allen, Thomas S. 6
- Bebout, Alvin Adams 6
- Caldwell, James L. 6
- Hensel, Claude B. (sheriff) 6
- Hoxie, Charles W. (deputy) 6
- Kerlin, W. W. (deputy clerk) 6
- Ledwith, John J. (Ledwich) 6
- McClay, Samuel (sheriff) 6
- McNary, John Hugh 6
- Thomas, George F. 6
- Towle, Maxwell G. 6
- Wingard, Samuel C. 6
- Woodward, W. H. 6
- Adams, George A. 5
- Anderson, Bert (deputy sheriff) 5
- Antles, Howard W. (deputy sheriff) 5
- Ayers, George W. 5
- Baker, Benjamin S. 5
- Berka, Louis 5
- Buckley, James 5
- Durbin, Frank W. 5
- Greene, James L. 5
- Hoagland, Henry V. (deputy) 5
- Hopewell, Melville Reeves (M. R.) 5
- Keysor, William W. 5
- Langford, William G. 5
419 results
Download JSON Download CSVIn the matter of the application for a writ of Habeas Corpus of Edda L. A. Evenson
- Earliest record date: July 1, 1885
- Petition type(s): Unknown
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
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 L. T. Savacool for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 18, 1884
- Petition type(s): Carceral: forgery
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from 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 of Robert Ashburn for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 3, 1886
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: New custody arrangement reached
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 the application of W. H. Beers and E. R. Bissett for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: July 24, 1886
- Petition type(s): Unknown
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Micheal Richie for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 12, 1886
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of Jacob Schuman for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 27, 1886
- Petition type(s): Carceral: selling liquor without a license
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application for a writ of Habeas Corpus on behalf of Delia Batten
- Earliest record date: September 27, 1886
- Petition type(s): Unknown
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the Application of John Duffy for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 16, 1886
- Petition type(s): Institutional
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
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
In the matter of the application of William Doran for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 8, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- 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 the application of Peter Barrett
- Earliest record date: November 22, 1887
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of S. M. McFarland for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 8, 1888
- Petition type(s): Carceral: mortgage fraud
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the Matter of Application of Edgar Bunnell and Arthur Bunnell for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 10, 1888
- Petition type(s): Carceral: drunk and disorderly
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Released on bail
In the Matter of the Application of Maria L. Peterson for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 11, 1888
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the Matter of the Application of Nelson Davis for the Custody of Maggie M. Davis, a Minor Child
- Earliest record date: November 27, 1888
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the Petition of Michael Shrek for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 23, 1888
- Petition type(s): Carceral: peace warrant | Carceral: default of bail
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
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 application of Paul Thomas for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 11, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral: cause unspecified
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the application of Ed. Collins for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 10, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral: assault and battery
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of William Giles for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 18, 1889
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of William H. Martin for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 1, 1889
- Petition type(s): Carceral: grand larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of John W. McMenemy for and on behalf of John W. McMenemy Jr., otherwise known as "Dot" McMenemy for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: February 26, 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 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 Claude H. Goldsborough on relation of his mother Izora I. Goldsborough for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 28, 1890
- 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 Ugean Miller for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: September 1, 1890
- Petition type(s): Carceral: petty larceny
- 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 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 August C. Uhtof for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 7, 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 Charles H. Gaydou for a writ of Habeas Corpus for Charles Gaydou
- Earliest record date: November 21, 1890
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: New custody arrangement reached | released from custody
In re-application of A. B. Cabe for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 5, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: vagrancy
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of Robert H. Robinson for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: January 15, 1891
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Louis S. Lathrop for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: October 8, 1877
- Petition type(s): Interpersonal: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: New custody arrangement reached
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 Maria Miller for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 7, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
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 the application of James Herbert Van Closter and Andrew W. McLaughlin for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: May 3, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: mortgage fraud
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Custody transferred to third party
In the matter of the application of W. H. Harvey for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: June 10, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: larceny
- Petition outcome: Writ dismissed
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the Matter of the Application of Irwin A. Medlar for Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: August 11, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: fugitive from justice | Carceral: seduction
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In matter of application of Mortimer Fox by Parke Godwin for writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 13, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: forgery
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of August Uhl for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 19, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: horse stealing
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Mortimer Fox by his next friend and counsel Parke Godwin for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: November 24, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: forgery
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of George Garlick for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 12, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: burglary
- Petition outcome: Unknown
- Fate of bound party: Unknown
In the matter of the application of William Butt for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: December 15, 1891
- Petition type(s): Carceral: wrongful imprisonment
- Petition outcome: Writ denied
- Fate of bound party: Remained in custody
In the matter of the application of Mrs. Jennie Wingate for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: March 21, 1892
- Petition type(s): Institutional: child custody
- Petition outcome: Writ allowed
- Fate of bound party: Released from custody
In the matter of the application of Albert Davidson for a writ of Habeas Corpus
- Earliest record date: April 22, 1892
- Petition type(s): Carceral: bastardy
- 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
