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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.