Case Summary

Ernest Piper claimed to have been unlawfully detained on the charge of bastardy by county sheriff, Felix J. McShane. Annette Bailey, filed the charge against him for impregnating her while they were unmarried. The petition was granted, however the fate of the bound is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Bastardy

Sites of significance

• Douglas County Jail (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

Douglas County District Court, Criminal Appearance Docket Books, Vol. 16: ca.1913-1914, p. 745; Douglas County District Court, RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Roll 57: Doc. 16-628 to 16-760, Feb. 16, 1914 - Apr. 8, 1914, No. 16-745 (microfilm)

Source material(s)

Docket | Case File

Length of case file

Between 6 and 10 pages

Repository(s)

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

State

• Nebraska

Point(s) of law cited

Section 6300 of Cobey's Annotated Statues of Nebraska for 1911

People

• Piper, Ernest (petitioner)
• Piper, Ernest (bound party)
• McShane, Jr., Felix J. (F. J.) (respondent)
• McShane, Jr., Felix J. (F. J.) (holding party)
• Hascall, Vincent C. (justice of the peace)
• Kuhn, John G. (petitioner attorney)
• Kubat, Charles H. (C. H.) (petitioner attorney)

• Additional parties

  Annette Bailey (Mother to Ernest Pipers Child)