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
- Albert Schiessl, Plantiff Vs. Mrs. Gussie Maloney, Defendent 1
- Ellis M. Harrison vs. Eillen M. Harrison 1
- In re application of Minnie Preis for writ of Habeas Corpus for Lucile Preis, a minor 1
- In the Application of Maud Ely by J. O. Ely her father for a writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of application of Anna Walter alias Mrs. Robert Walter for writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of application of Cloid J. Wilson for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of application of Frank Sellers for a writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of application of Tom Buras by Joseph Buras father and next friend for writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the application for a writ of Habeas Corpus for Lillian Lee, a minor 1
- In the matter of the application of Alma Zerbst for a writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of Arthur Williams for writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of Bert H. Palmer for a writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of Carl O. Nelson for a writ of Habeas Corpus for Georgia Catherine Nelson 1
- In the matter of the Application of Christ Jensen for Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Application of Ernest Piper For Writ Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of Eva Ryan for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of Festino Ranurez for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of Fred O. Lane for a writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of George Skyrme for writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the Application of Gideon W. Morley for Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the application of Jessie Fiandt for a writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of Joe Lacorte for writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the Application of Josie Martin in Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of Nina P. Robotham, a minor, by Robert G. Robotham, her next friend, for a writ of habeas corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of Sarah D. Bassett for a writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Application of William G. Clarke, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of William Maier. Alias William Maher for a writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- On the matter of the application of Anna Walter for a writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- On the matter of the application of George F. Moore by Winifred Moore for a writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- State of Nebraska on the relation of Samuel J. Coffman vs. India A. Coffman 1
- The State of Nebraska On the Relation of Hermann Reiter, Complainant vs. Johanna Reiter, Respondent 1
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Download JSON Download CSVBaldwin, John N. (John W.)
- Birth date: January 1, 1888
- Birth place: Illinois
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner, petitioner attorney, respondent attorney
Clarke, Holley Lyon
- Birth date: January 1, 1888
- Birth place: Illinois
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Bound party
Coffman, Blanche A.
- Birth date: May 1, 1888
- Birth place: California
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Bound party
Ely, Maud
- Birth date: January 1, 1888
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Fiandt, Jessie
- Birth date: September 8, 1888
- Birth place: Omaha, Nebraska
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
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
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
Lacorte, Joe
- Birth date: March 18, 1888
- Birth place: Italy, Peglia, Italy
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Italian
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Lane, Fred O.
- Birth date: January 1, 1888
- Birth place: Nebraska
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner
Lee, Lillian
- Birth date: January 1, 1888
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Bound party
Martin, Hazel
- Birth date: December 4, 1888
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Bound party
Mitchell, Florence May
- Birth date: February 19, 1888
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Bound party
Morley, Edith
- Birth date: January 1, 1888
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Bound party
Reiter, Rosa
- Birth date: February 1, 1888
- Birth place: Nebraska
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: White, German
- Case role(s): Bound party
Robotham, Robert G.
- Birth date: January 1, 1888
- Birth place: Nebraska, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner
Schiessl, Albert
- Birth date: January 1, 1888
- Birth place: Nebraska
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White, German
- Case role(s): Petitioner
