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
- Charles Gahres and Martha J. Gahres v. Isabella Sutton and W. H. Barrett 12
- Eugene Crowne v. James McAuliff 3
- In the Application of Francois Lafontaisis for Writ of Habeas Corpus 2
- Alexander Hughes vs. King County Writ of Habeaus Corpus 1
- Frank Burke vs. L. V. Wyckoff Writ of Habeaus Corpus 1
- In the Matter of Application of John Suelling for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Application of Ah Chow for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Application of Anthony Han for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Application of David Hughes Alexander S Hughes, Joseph Brannan James Boyd and David Hart, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus Against Lewis V. Wycoff, Sheriff of King County Washington Territory 1
- In the Matter of the Application of F. Vetter for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Application of Jacob Schuman for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Application of Julius Leiffman for Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of Ray Raymond 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 Application of William McCon for Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the complaint Martin Lawson, John Strom, Christ Anderson, Thomas Steward, Ellias Krebs, Edward Haquer, John Nickels, Peter Nelson, and Victor Martinson. Marines on board the American ship or vessel "War-Hawk" for a writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- J. H. Sheffler and Josephine Sheffler v. John B. Montague 1
- John W Harding vs G. W. L. Allen 1
- Joseph Wells v. William A Church & Martha Church 1
- King County v. William Hughs and Micheal Broderick 1
- Peter Nelson et al. v. Lewis V. Wycoff 1
- Samuel Montgomery v. Edwina Montgomery 1
12 results
Download JSON Download CSVAudens, T. J.
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Barrett, W. H.
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party
Caton, Nathan Thomas (Caten)
- Birth date: January 1, 1833
- Birth place: Maine
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney
Cravens, Etty Dora
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Bound party
Dugan, Frank P.
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney
Gahres, Charles
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Petitioner
Gahres, Martha J. (Martha J. Cravens)
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Petitioner
George, Wyatt A.
- Birth date: January 1, 1819
- Birth place: Indiana
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney
Kennedy, James K.
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Judge
Lewis, Joseph R.
- Birth date: January 1, 1830
- Birth place: Ohio
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Judge, authority ordering detention
Sharpstein, Ben L.
- Birth date: January 1, 1828
- Birth place: New York
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney
Sutton, Isabella (Isabella Barrett)
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party
