Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Series

Legal History

Documents from Making Habeas Work: A Legal History (monograph)

Benjamin Mills

Articles 1 - 1 of 1

Full-Text Articles in Law

In Re Mills, Strafford County Ct., Dec. 18, 1819, Strafford County Court Records, Folder 11, New Hampshire State Archives Dec 1819

In Re Mills, Strafford County Ct., Dec. 18, 1819, Strafford County Court Records, Folder 11, New Hampshire State Archives

Documents from Making Habeas Work: A Legal History (monograph)

Members of the armed forces in the early 1800s who were imprisoned in violation of a federal statute exempting active duty military personnel from arrest for debt would routinely seek and gain release through writs of habeas corpus.