Case Summary

Abraham Franklin claimed that Irene Willams, Ben Franklin and Fred Thomas were unlawfully detained by Henry Dunn, Fred Heil, and Stephan Maloney. They were charged with being "suspicious characters" He claimed the defendants neglected to file a complaint and they were denied bail. It appears that they were charged with embezzlement. The writ was allowed and he was released from custody.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Embezzlement
• Suspicious character

Sites of significance

• Omaha City Jail (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

Case Citation

Douglas County District Court, Criminal Appearance Docket Books, Vol. 17: ca.1914-1915, p. 374; Douglas County District Court, RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Roll 61: Doc. 17-389 to 17-530, Oct. 7, 1914 - Nov. 20, 1914, No. 17-374 (microfilm)

Source material(s)

Docket | Case File

Length of case file

Between 21 and 30 pages

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)
• Douglas County District Court (Omaha, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

Point(s) of law cited

U.S v. Simmons|U.S v. Caril|U.S v. Britton|U.S v. Northway|Blitz v. U.S|Evans v. U.S|Ledbetter v. U.S|Pound v. U.S|Pettibone v. U.S|Keck v. U.S|Flink v. City of Milwaukee|Billingham v. U.S|State v. Brandt|U.S v. Hess|U.S v. Burns

People

• Franklin, Abraham (petitioner)
• Willams, Irene (bound party)
• English, James P. (judge)
• Dunn, Henry W. (respondent)
• Dunn, Henry W. (holding party)
• Maloney, Stephen (Steve) (respondent)
• Maloney, Stephen (Steve) (holding party)
• Heil, Fred (respondent)
• Heil, Fred (holding party)
• Franklin, Ben (bound party)
• Thomas, Fred (bound party)

• Additional parties

  Robert Smith (Clerk)