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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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Carson, John H.

  • Birth date: November 2, 1984
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

Kolmitz, Charlotte M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1895
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Jewish, White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, responding party

Morearty, Edward F. (Ed. F.)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1893
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, 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

Davis, Clarence Alba

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

Rosenblum, Arthur (A.H. Rosenblum)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1889
  • Birth place: Minnesota
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Polish, Russian
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

Coffey, Raymond T. (R. T. Coffey)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1889
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

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

Baldwin, 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

Wheeler, Mason

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

Beal, Henry J.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1886
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney, authority ordering detention

O’Sullivan, Eugene D. (E. D.)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: Kansas
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Berger, John M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: Denmark
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, petitioner, respondent attorney

Shotwell, Abel V.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney, responding party

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

Murphy, John Francis

  • Birth date: October 10, 1876
  • Birth place: Maine
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

Murray, Thomas B.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1875
  • Birth place: New York
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Irish
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney, responding party

McNary, Charles Linza

  • Birth date: June 12, 1874
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

Van Winkle, Isaac Homer

  • Birth date: December 3, 1870
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

Revelle, Thomas P.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1868
  • Birth place: United States, Maryland
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

Battin, John W.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1868
  • Birth place: New York
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

McNary, John Hugh

  • Birth date: January 31, 1867
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

Cushman, Edward E.

  • Birth date: November 26, 1865
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, respondent attorney

Wiestling, Frank Beecher

  • Birth date: April 1, 1865
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Greene, Robert J.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1864
  • Birth place: Ohio, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Morning, William McClellen

  • Birth date: June 23, 1863
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Judge, petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Goss, Charles A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1863
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney, judge

Neterer, Jeremiah

  • Birth date: January 24, 1862
  • Birth place: United States, Indiana
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, respondent attorney

Gilliam, Mitchell

  • Birth date: April 1, 1859
  • Birth place: Oregon
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, judge

Wiley, John

  • Birth date: October 22, 1857
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Gilman, Luthene Claremont (L. C.)

  • Birth date: January 28, 1857
  • Birth place: United States, Maine
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Slabaugh, Willard. W.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Ritchie, Albert S. (Richie)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Dempsey, Michael F.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Responding party, holding party, respondent, respondent attorney

Ronald, James Theodore

  • Birth date: April 8, 1855
  • Birth place: Missouri
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, respondent attorney, petitioner attorney, authority ordering detention

Crawford, Andrew Murray

  • Birth date: January 29, 1853
  • Birth place: New York, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

Anderson, Ross P.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1853
  • Birth place: Ohio, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

Moody, George J.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1851
  • Birth place: Maine
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

Hanford, Cornelius Holgate

  • Birth date: April 21, 1849
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

Colby, Leonard W. (L.W. Colby)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1847
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, judge, petitioner attorney

Connell, William J.

  • Birth date: July 6, 1846
  • Birth place: Canada
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

Thompson, George T.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1846
  • Birth place: Ireland
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Irish
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Sawyer, Andrew J.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1844
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney, petitioner

Bowen, Adna H.

  • Birth date: July 21, 1842
  • Birth place: Michigan, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, judge

Sturdevant, R. F.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1842
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

Ball, Mottrom D.

  • Birth date: June 23, 1835
  • Birth place: Fairfax, VA
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

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

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

Burnham, Horace Blois

  • Birth date: September 10, 1824
  • Birth place: New York, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

Reynolds, Thomas Caute

  • Birth date: October 11, 1821
  • Birth place: South Carolina, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney
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