Signers of petition: John K. Smoker, Benson Leaman, S. M. Brua, H. R. Denlinger, Gideon Kauffman, Lytle Caruthers, Jacob Leaman, Jacob Kreider, Daniel McKillips, Jonathan Lapp, Isaac Kreider, Samuel Hertzler, George Miller, David Smucker, John Kauffman, John Seldomridge, John Leaman.
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Signers of a petition for an eating house: Jacob [Craley], John [Lapun], Lemuel F. Dellett, Thomas Todel, C. Boyd, C. Strawbridge, Harman O'Dell, Charles Grove, Michael Liphart, H. Pfahler, Samuel Eberlein, William Blackson.
January term.
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Signers of Petition: Lewis Leicht, Leonard Pickel, Jacob Hershey, Henry Sholtz, John Lintner, John Denlinger, Henry Lintner, Abraham Brubaker, Joseph Neff, John Keplinger, Daniel Smith, F. H. Erisman, John Eschbach, Daniel Killheffer, John Shrader, Jacob Frantz, R. K. Stoner, Peter Fry, Emanuel Herr, Abraham Frantz, Isaac [Miller], John Hall, [unknown signature], John B. Fisher, Simon Stauffer, Isaac B. Powder, Elias Isinberger, Christian Isenberger.
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A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.
John Adams, Margaret Chambers, John Serjant, Hugh Hugh, Stephen McPherson, Henry Otto, George Wall, Jane Oguin, William Smith, John Corrol, Francis Bevan, Abner Herman.
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