Newspaper article about Lancaster Brick Company, circa 1928. Employee in the photograph are identified as follows: front row, left to right: Bruce Horning, Richard Johnson, Robert Saylor, Harry H. Rittenhouse, Edward Bowman and Arthur Barley. Middle row, left to right; Park Erb, John Goss, Willis Erb, Frank Styer, John Rittenhouse, Benjamin Leakway, George Morrow and Harry Peacock. Back row, left to right: Jerome Styer, Daniel Sowers, Foster Adams, Christ Lehman, John Kissinger, George Laird, George Barron, Harry Kleinhans, Harry Kissinger, Clarence Horning, Charles Supplee and Roy Horning.
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.
