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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- New Mexico 1
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Cases
- In re application of John F. Kinney for writ of Habeas Corpus for John F. Kinney Jr. Catherine Kinney and Margaret Kinney 1
- In re Hazel Allsman, Habeas Corpus 1
- In Re the Petition of Juan Rey Abeita for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of application of William Richter, Helena Richter, his wife, and Albert Wilhelm Richter, their minor child, for writs of habeas corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of C. S. Nelson for a writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of Charles [Charles scratched out 1
- In the Matter of the application of Nora Leon Gantz, for a writ of Habeas Corpus to obtain the custody of her minor son, Lester William Teter 1
- In the matter of the application of Pearl Brandt, minor, by Frank Brandt her father and next friend for a writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of Russell G. Watson for a writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the Application of William Fox for a writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the petition of Ah Jack for a writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Petition of Charles Houghton for Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Petition of Mrs. Duncan Ross for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for the body of her Son Hallie Sheldon 1
- King County v. William Hughs and Micheal Broderick 1
- State of Nebraska ex rel Agnes Donohue, et al. vs. Kittie F. Noonan, et al. 1
- State of Nebraska ex rel Richard Seward by Kittie F. Noonan, his next friend, etc. vs. Agnes Donohue, et al. 1
13 results
Download JSON Download CSVTeter, Willard S.
- Birth date: January 1, 1878
- Birth place: Illinois
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party
Becker, Emma
- Birth date: January 1, 1878
- Birth place: Iowa
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: White, German
- Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party
Abeita, Louis
- Birth date: January 1, 1878
- Birth place: New Mexico
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
- Case role(s): Bound party
Smith, Henry
- Birth date: January 1, 1878
- Birth place: West Virginia
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party
Sheldon, William Hallie
- Birth date: January 1, 1878
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Bound party
Powers, Joseph F.
- Birth date: January 1, 1878
- Birth place: Nebraska
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Kinney, Mary (Mary E. Kinney)
- Birth date: January 1, 1878
- Birth place: Massachusetts
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent, holding party
Noonan, Kittie F.
- Birth date: January 1, 1878
- Birth place: Nebraska
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner, holding party, respondent, responding party
Smith, Charles A.
- Birth date: January 1, 1878
- Birth place: Nebraska
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent, holding party
Richter, William
- Birth date: January 2, 1878
- Birth place: Russia
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Russian
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Watson, Edna M. (Gerould, Edna M. )
- Birth date: March 1, 1878
- Birth place: Nebraska
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner
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
Emery, Charles D.
- Birth date: May 16, 1878
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney, authority ordering detention
