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Meet the many people who argued for and against carceral, institutional, and interpersonal confinement in the petitions filed in County and District Courts throughout the American West over the long nineteenth century. Browse or search people by name, demographic characteristics, case role, and/or relationships described in each petition. Our encoding practice for people features data pulled from the available case files and in some instances additional data from supplemental sources is also included. Only people with case roles are indexed here, while all persons named in a case are listed on the case page. 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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McDevitt, Jr., Thomas B.

  • Birth date: March 23, 1878
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Stearns, Roy

  • Birth date: January 1, 1879
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Stewart, Samuel J.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1880
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Jackson, Samuel

  • Birth date: January 1, 1880
  • Birth place: Alaska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Robotham, Minnie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1881
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

McKelvie, Samuel Roy

  • Birth date: April 15, 1881
  • Birth place: United States, Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

Richardson, William Ellis

  • Birth date: June 11, 1881
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, judge

Miller, Evelyn Estelle

  • Birth date: October 7, 1881
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Dore, John Francis

  • Birth date: December 11, 1881
  • Birth place: United States, Massachusetts
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Stewart, May L.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1882
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Manion, Bonnie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1882
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Switzer, Ervin E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Missouri, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Oharra, Alma (Immaculate Deleurs)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Berger, Alta (Alta Burger)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Adams, Jennie Belle (Jennie Belle Scott)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Deles Dernier, Chester

  • Birth date: July 11, 1884
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Maurer, Julius

  • Birth date: September 25, 1884
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Suey, Lee

  • Birth date: January 30, 1885
  • Birth place: United States, Oregon
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Asian
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Eshom, Leta

  • Birth date: January 1, 1886
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Gates, Cassius E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1886
  • Birth place: Minnesota, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Wheeler, Mason

  • Birth date: April 16, 1886
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

Harrison, Eileen M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1888
  • Birth place: Kansas, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Robotham, Robert G.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1888
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Hascall, Vincent C.

  • Birth date: January 19, 1888
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Justice of the peace, petitioner attorney, authority ordering detention, respondent attorney

Burress, Clarence J. (Buris)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1890
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Maurer, Rudolph

  • Birth date: November 23, 1890
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Davis, Clarence Alba

  • Birth date: November 29, 1892
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

McGilchrist, Millar E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1893
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

Anderton, Albert L.

  • Birth date: March 15, 1893
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Maurer, Golda

  • Birth date: January 1, 1894
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Cramer, Eddy

  • Birth date: January 1, 1895
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Scruggs, Amos P.

  • Birth date: January 16, 1895
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Mazzine, Lena

  • Birth date: January 1, 1896
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Interested party

Mahone, Luther Dolliver

  • Birth date: January 1, 1896
  • Birth place: West Virginia, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Purdy, Margaret

  • Birth date: January 1, 1897
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Cramer, Willie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1897
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Dawson, Lulu

  • Birth date: January 1, 1898
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Mazzine, James

  • Birth date: January 1, 1898
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Interested party

Pickard, Aubrey

  • Birth date: January 1, 1899
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Pickard, Genevieve M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1899
  • Birth place: Kansas, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Cramer, Clarence

  • Birth date: January 1, 1900
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Allen, Jr., Jay Cooke

  • Birth date: July 7, 1900
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Bassett, Wilber

  • Birth date: January 1, 1904
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Manion, Lera

  • Birth date: January 1, 1905
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

O'Grady, Myrtle

  • Birth date: January 8, 1906
  • Birth place: Washington, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Gregory, Wade

  • Birth date: January 1, 1907
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Bassett, Alma May

  • Birth date: January 1, 1907
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Manion, Howard

  • Birth date: October 1, 1907
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Shelton, Josephine (Josephine Matlock)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1908
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Gieselman, Esther

  • Birth date: January 1, 1908
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party
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