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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Cases
- Habeas Corpus of Asakichi Yamagami for wife against I. Hyashi et al 2
- In the Matter of the Application of Hosaye Sakaguchi, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 2
- In the Matter of the Application of Junichi Yamamoto for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 2
- In the matter of the petition of Albert H. Young and Kamasaburo Sugiuor alias B. K. Sugiuor for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 2
- In the Matter of the Petition of Albert H. Young and Kamasaburo Sugiura, alias B.D. Sugiura, aliens, for WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS. 2
- In the matter of the petition of Kichitaro Kubota and Ise Kubota, his wife, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 2
- Habeas Corpus of Yakes Ishikawa against Doc. Mrs Jane Fife 1
- In the Matter of the Application of Gin Kato for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Application of Ichitaro Akagi for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Application of Iwamatsu Matsuro for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Application of Kunijiro Toguchi for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Application of Matoba Watari for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the Application of Mori Tsuchine For Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of Nahagawal Hatsu For Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Application of Nishikawa Mamoru for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of Nitta Yoshitone For Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Application of Teramoto Sadishige for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Application of Tsunetaro Machida, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the Matter of the Application of Yaichiro Goto, otherwise known as Yaichiro Matsuo, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the application of Yuzuoka Mutsu for writ of Habeas Corpus 1
- In the matter of the petition of Hiura, Teiichi for a writ of habeas corpus 1
25 results
Download JSON Download CSVHatsu, Nahagawal
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Japan
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Japanese
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Huira, Teiichi
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Japanese, Asian
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Ichitaro, Akagi
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Japan
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Asian, Japanese
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Ishikawa, Yaku (Yakes Ishawaka)
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Japanese
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Iwamatsu, Matsuro
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Japan
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Asian, Japanese
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Kato, Gin
- Birth date: January 1, 1860
- Birth place: Japan
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Asian, Japanese
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Kubato, Ise
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Japan
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Asian, Japanese
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Kubato, Kichitaro
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Asian, Japanese
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Matoba, Watari
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Japan
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Asian, Japanese
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Mutsu, Yuzuoka (Yuzueka)
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Japan
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Japanese
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Nishikawa, Mamoru
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Japan
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Asian, Japanese
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Sakaguchi, Hosaye
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Japan
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Japanese, Asian
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Sakaguchi, Kyunoemon
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Japan
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Asian, Japanese
- Case role(s): Interested party
Sugiuor, Kamasaburo (B. K. Sugiuor; Sugiura)
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Japanese
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Teramoto, Sadishige
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Japan
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Japanese, Asian
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Toguchi, Kunijiro
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Japanese
- Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner
Tsuchine, Mori
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Japan
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Japanese
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Tsunetaro, Machida
- Birth date: January 1, 1889
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Asian, Japanese
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Yaichiro, Goto (Matsuo)
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Japan
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Japanese, Asian
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Yamagami, Asakichi (Yamagame)
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Japan
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Japanese
- Case role(s): Petitioner
Yamagami, Sawono (Sawano Yamagame, Hayashi)
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Japan
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Japanese
- Case role(s): Bound party
Yamamoto, Junichi (Junichi Hiroshi)
- Birth date: December 22, 1890
- Birth place: Japan
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Asian, Japanese
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Yamamoto, Wai
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Japan
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Japanese, Asian
- Case role(s): Interested party
Yoshitone, Nitta
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Japan
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Japanese
- Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner
Young, Albert H.
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Japanese
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
