Signers of petition: Jacob Fordney, Jacob L. Hershey, [signature in German], Henry Imhoff, D. S. Bare, John Smith, J. H. Kurtz, Tobias M. Miller, Philip Brehm, Daniel Grabill Jr., Andrew Hershey, Samuel Parker.
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Signers of petition: Henry Imhoff, Samuel Parker, John Stauffer, Tobias M. Miller, John Hoffman, D. S. Bare, Jacob Fordney, Isaac Evans, Joseph Kinsch, Henry M. Reigart, Jacob L. Hershey, Andrew L. Hershey, John L. Hershey.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Parker, Tobias M. Miller, Peter Swar, Joseph Bowman, Adam Reigart, John Stauffer, Isaac Evans, Andrew [Holtsworth], Jacob L. Hershey, John Hoffman, Andrew Hershey, John L. Hershey, Henry M. Reigart, Henry Imhoff.
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Signers of petition: J. H. Kurtz, Martin B. Peifer, David Gottshall, Robert Beard, Jacob Zarfess, [signature in German], Henry M. Reigart, Thomas Grosh, Philip Brehm, Jacob Workman, Isaac Kauffman, John A. Lutz, John Dunkel, Jacob S. Kauffman, Jacob Schwar, John McGovern, John Kauffman, John Minnick, Philip Hottenstein, Daniel Hoffman, Daniel Kapp, Jacob L. Hershey, Benjamin Workman, Michael Gochnauer, John Hernly, Joseph Kinsch, Henry Kauffman, Tobias M. Miller, Samuel Parker, [signature in German], Jacob Forney, Daniel Grabill, John K. Landis, John Johns, John Johns Jr., Emanuel Shober, Francis Ruth, Henry M. Bear, Henry Hottenstein, John Stauffer, John Gochnauer, Andrew Kauffman, John S. Hershey, Reuben Bowman.
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Signers of petition: Daniel Grabill, John Hoffman, [signature in German], Tobias M. Miller, Jacob Fordney, Andrew Kauffman, John Stauffer, J. H. Kurtz, Henry Imhoff, [signature in German], Jacob [Zarfess], Jacob L. Hershey.
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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.
