People
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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Basic Search
Simply enter the word you wish to find and the search engine will search for every instance of the word in the journals. For example: Fight. All instances of the use of the word fight will show up on the results page.
Wildcard Searches
Using an asterisk (*) will increase the odds of finding the results you are seeking. For example: Fight*. The search results will display every instance of fight, fights, fighting, etc. More than one wildcard may be used. For example: *ricar*. This search will return most references to the Aricara tribe, including Ricara, Ricares, Aricaris, Ricaries, Ricaree, Ricareis, and Ricarra. Using a question mark (?) instead of an asterisk (*) will allow you to search for a single character. For example, r?n will find all instances of ran and run, but will not find rain or ruin.
Capitalization
Searches are not case sensitive. For example: george will come up with the same results as George.
Phrase Search
Searching for a specific phrase may help narrow down the results. Rather long phrases are no problem. For example: "This white pudding we all esteem".
Subsequent Searches
Because of the creative spellings used by the journalists, it may be necessary to try your search multiple times. For example: P?ro*. This search brings up numerous variant spellings of the French word pirogue, "a large dugout canoe or open boat." Searching for P?*r*og?* will bring up other variant spellings. Searching for canoe or boat also may be helpful.
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Cases
- In Re Habeas Corpus of D. B. Davidson 2
- In Re Application of Russell and Nettie Watson for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Application and petition of Edward Thacker, for writ of habeas corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of Leo Lung-Oh for a writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of Mary V. Cunningham for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for Ruby L. Lanham, Her minor Daughter 1
- In the Matter of the Application of Milo Yates for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Application of Wu Kao (Ng Go) for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the Petition of Ardula M. Porter on behalf of Clara Barnes for writ of habeas corpus 1
- State of Nebraska ex rel D. O. Brown, for a writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- State of Nebraska on the relation of Samuel J. Coffman vs. India A. Coffman 1
10 results
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- Birth date: January 1, 1858
- Birth place: Iowa
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party
Lung-Oh, Leo
- Birth date: January 1, 1858
- Birth place: China
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Chinese
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Burleigh, Andrew Faulk
- Birth date: January 7, 1858
- Birth place: United States, Pennsylvania
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Coffman, Samuel J.
- Birth date: March 1, 1858
- Birth place: Nebraska
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner
Kretsinger, E. O.
- Birth date: July 3, 1858
- Birth place: Virginia
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Yates, Arizona J. (Arizona Roger)
- Birth date: July 6, 1858
- Birth place: Virginia
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Holding party, respondent, responding party
Ballinger, Richard A.
- Birth date: July 9, 1858
- Birth place: Iowa, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Zehrung, Frank Connell
- Birth date: October 7, 1858
- Birth place: Iowa, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party
Slater, Woodson Taylor
- Birth date: November 18, 1858
- Birth place: Oregon, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Piles, Samuel Henry
- Birth date: December 28, 1858
- Birth place: California, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
