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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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Case Roles
- petitioner attorney 298
- respondent attorney 201
- judge 24
- petitioner 15
- responding party 10
- authority ordering detention 9
- holding party 3
- respondent 3
- bound party 2
- chief justice 1
Age Category
- Adult 367
- Unindicated 74
- Unclear 2
- Minor 1
Relationships
- opposing attorney to 396
- attorney for 390
- judged by 385
- attorney against 377
- attorney with 280
- represented by 15
- presumed relative of 11
- jailed by 5
- parent of 4
- court-appointed guardian of 2
- in the temporary custody of 2
- relative of 2
- sibling of 2
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Cases
- In the matter of the application of Helen Ruth Kelley for a writ of Habeas Corpus 8
- In the Matter of the Application of Herman Granger for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 8
- In the Matter of the Application of Flora Ohler for a writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the Matter of the Application of John P. Whitney for a writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the matter of the application of Thomas Walton for a writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- State of Nebraska ex rel Agnes Donohue, et al. vs. Kittie F. Noonan, et al. 7
- In the matter of the application of Edith Uhling, for a writ of Habeas Corpus 6
- In the matter of the application of Goldie Abbott for a writ of habeas corpus 6
- In the matter of the application of Leonard Kephart for a writ of Habeas Corpus 6
- In the Matter of the application of Louis M. Cohn for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 6
- In the Matter of the Application of Marie Allen, next friend of Walter H. Pilger Allen, a minor, for a writ of habeas corpus 6
- In Re Application of Russell and Nettie Watson for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 5
- In re-application of Edna Lambert for Writ of Habeas Corpus vs. W. G. Seeley and Mrs. W. G. Seeley, his wife 5
- In the Matter of the Application of Albert Rhude for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 5
- In the matter of the application of Alson B. Cole for a writ of habeas corpus 5
- In the Matter of the Application of Annie Davis, Clarence W. Davis, and Carrie B. Davis for a writ of Habeas Corpus 5
- In the matter of the application of Benjamin Wise for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 5
- In the matter of the application of Charles W. Willard for a writ of habeas corpus 5
- In the Matter of the Application of Chin Quock Wah for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 5
- In the matter of the application of Frank G. Bevans for a writ of Habeas corpus 5
- In the Matter of the Application of Frank Skipton, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 5
- In the matter of the application of Indian, Peters, for a writ of habeas corpus 5
- In the matter of the application of Jacob H. Blessing for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 5
- In the matter of the application of James E. Warden for a writ of Habeas Corpus 5
- In the matter of the application of Jennie Miller Powers for a writ of Habeas Corpus vs Mary Elizabeth Miller and R.J. Miller her husband 5
- In the matter of the Application of John Wilken for a Writ of Habeas Corpus` 5
- In the Matter of the Application of Mike Indovino, for a writ of Habeas Corpus 5
- In the Matter of the Application of Nick Arrigo for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 5
- In the Matter of the Application of O. V. Lawson for Writ of Habeas Corpus 5
- In the matter of the application of Rasmus Oleson for a writ of Habeas Corpus 5
- In the matter of the application of Theodore G. Clark, for a writ of habeas corpus 5
- In the matter of the application of Thomas S. Brown et al for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 5
- In the matter of the application of Thomas W. Van Sciever for a writ of Habeas Corpus 5
- In the Matter of the Application of Tsunetaro Machida, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 5
- In the Matter of the Application of William G. Clarke, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 5
- In the Matter of the Application of Wu Kao (Ng Go) for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 5
- In the matter of the petition of Sarah B. Leray for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 5
- Jennie Miller Powers v. Mary Elizabeth Miller and R. J. Miller 5
- In Re Pet. of Millie F. Porter for Habeas Corp. 4
- Bertha Crader vs. F. W. Durbin and State of Oregon 4
- Charles Gahres and Martha J. Gahres v. Isabella Sutton and W. H. Barrett 4
- Chung Him and Seid Yam v. Henry M. White 4
- Habeas Corpus of C.W. Skutt against Robert Hodge, Sheriff 4
- Habeas Corpus of Diamico Oct et. al against Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Co. 4
- Habeas Corpus of Fred Boughton against Edward Cudihee, Sheriff 4
- Habeas Corpus of Herbert Wolff against Edward Cudihee, Sheriff 4
- Habeas Corpus of J. C. Christopher against Robert Hodge, Sheriff 4
- Habeas Corpus of W. F. Buchanan against Claude Bannick 4
- In re Application of John F. Decker, for a writ of habeas corpus 4
- In the Matter of a Petition of Harry Thompson, for a writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the application of A. B. Burks for a writ of habeas corpus 4
- In the matter of the Application of Ah Oy, alias Loy Sen for Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the application of Andrew J. Sawyer, United States District Attorney, for the District of Nebraska, Mee Lee Wah Village Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, Chin Tu Ling, Lee Shun and Look Fung, citizens of China, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the Application of Archibald S. Jones for a writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the application of Belden Finley for writ of Habeas Corpus for Verne A. Finley 4
- In the matter of the application of Charles Chandler, for a writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the Matter of the Application of CHIN HING, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. 4
- In the matter of the Application of Edward Shelmidine and Mrs. Edward Shelmidine, for a writ of habeas corpus 4
- In the Matter of the Application of Frank D. Soverign in the Matter of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the Matter of the Application of Gerhardt Pothoff for a writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the Matter of the Application of Gin Kato for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the Matter of the Application of Helen J. Holman for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the Matter of the Application of James E. Dils, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the application of James Shay for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the application of John Reilly for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the application of Joseph Boulting for a writ of habeas corpus 4
- In the matter of the application of Joseph Brown for Habeas Corpus 4
- In the Matter of the Application of Jow Mun Fuey for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the Matter of the Application of Junichi Yamamoto for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the Application of Mabel Sanderson Best, formerly Mabel Sanderson, for a writ of habeas corpus, for Isabel Sanderson, a minor, of the age of twelve years 4
- In the matter of the application of Mamie S Gipson and Cora Mafall for a writ of habeas corpus 4
- In the matter of the application of Molly M. Martin in behalf of her minor son Earl S. Martin for a writ of habeas corpus 4
- In the matter of the Application of Mori Tsuchine For Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the application of Moses Keokuk for a writ of habeas corpus 4
- In the matter of the application of Nahagawal Hatsu For Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the application of Ng Key Tung for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the application of Pat Martin for a writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the application of Peter A. Stohl for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the application of Ray Raymond for a writ of habeas corpus 4
- In the Matter of the Application of Sam Gum, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the Application of Sam Harris for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the Matter of the application of Susan M. Horn the mother and natural guardian of Nora E. Horn and Rapsie Horn for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the Matter of the Application of Susie Blue and Mary Woods, for a writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the application of Thomas Tudor for a writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the application of W. H. Upplinger for writ of H. C 4
- In the matter of the application of William Harrison for writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the application of William W. Tinkham for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the application of Yuzuoka Mutsu for writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the Imprisonment C. C. Smith Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the matter of the Petition of Ben Gabriel for Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the Matter of the Petition of Lee Suey, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 4
- In the Matter of the Petition of Mrs. Duncan Ross for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for the body of her Son Hallie Sheldon 4
- Habeas Corpus of Schoenbeck against A. E. Griffiths Chief of Police et al 3
- Aspasia Petition for Habeas Corpus 3
- By the Habeas Corpus Act in the matter of Horatio Napoleon Marsden 3
- By the Habeas Corpus Act, State Missouri vs. John Young 3
- Habeas Corpus of A. H. Hubbard against Claude Bannick Chief of Police 3
- Habeas Corpus of Alex Petosky against Edward Cudihee Shf. 3
- Habeas Corpus of Charles Deidrich against Bannick, Chief of Police 3
- Habeas Corpus of Charles L. Swan against Austin Griffiths 3
396 results
Download JSON Download CSVBird, Gustavus A. (G.A. Bird)
- Birth date: June 15, 1789
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
George, Wyatt A.
- Birth date: January 1, 1819
- Birth place: Indiana
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, 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
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
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
Ball, Mottrom D.
- Birth date: June 23, 1835
- Birth place: Fairfax, VA
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney
Struve, Henry G.
- Birth date: November 17, 1836
- Birth place: Germany
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, petitioner
Sturdevant, R. F.
- Birth date: January 1, 1842
- Birth place: Pennsylvania
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney
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
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
Connell, William J.
- Birth date: July 6, 1846
- Birth place: Canada
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney
Estelle, Lee S.
- Birth date: January 1, 1847
- Birth place: Ohio
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Judge, petitioner attorney
Moody, George J.
- Birth date: January 1, 1851
- Birth place: Maine
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney
Bignold, Lewis B.
- Birth date: February 17, 1851
- Birth place: England
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White, English
- Case role(s): Petitioner 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
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
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
Godman, Melvin M.
- Birth date: January 1, 1856
- Birth place: Missouri
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner 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
Richardson, Samuel Thurston
- Birth date: July 8, 1857
- Birth place: Oregon, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Wiley, John
- Birth date: October 22, 1857
- Birth place: Iowa
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney
Giltner, Roscoe Rush
- Birth date: October 25, 1857
- Birth place: Pennsylvania, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Ballinger, Richard A.
- Birth date: July 9, 1858
- Birth place: Iowa, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Burtenshaw, Luther L.
- Birth date: November 1, 1862
- Birth place: Missouri
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner 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
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
Wiestling, Frank Beecher
- Birth date: April 1, 1865
- Birth place: Pennsylvania
- 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
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
Sewall, Russell Elgin
- Birth date: September 26, 1870
- Birth place: Oregon, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
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
Murphy, John Francis
- Birth date: October 10, 1876
- Birth place: Maine
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney
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
Richardson, William Ellis
- Birth date: June 11, 1881
- Birth place: Oregon, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, judge
Gates, Cassius E.
- Birth date: January 1, 1886
- Birth place: Minnesota, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Wheeler, Mason
- Birth date: April 16, 1886
- Birth place: Nebraska, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- 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
Kolmitz, Charlotte M.
- Birth date: January 1, 1895
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Jewish, White
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney, responding party
Canton, Nathan T.
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Mullen, L.A.
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Falknor, A .J.
- Birth date: N.D.
- Sex: Male
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney
McKenzie, John A.
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney
Kennedy,
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Unknown
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney
Mackintosh, Kenneth (Macintosh)
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney, judge
Adams, Louis
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Jacobs, H.J.
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Corrigan, J. L.
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Unknown
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney
Rasin, U. M.
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Unknown
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney
Scott, E. H.
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney
Foster, Fred C.
- Birth date: N.D.
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney
