Case Summary

Fred Neff claimed to have been unlawfully deprived of his liberty by Henry Dunn and Steve Maloney. He claimed to have been taken before Vince Hasacall (Police Magistrate) and was given an appeal bond to the sum of $300. Neff was waiting to see if Hascall would take a cash bond or would require a personal bond. However, twenty four hours later, Hascall came to the conclusion that he wouldn’t take a cash bond and that his chance for a personal bond had expired. Therefore he claimed to be illegally restrained of his liberty. The petition was granted, however the fate of the bound party is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Vagrancy

Sites of significance

• Omaha City Jail (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

Douglas County District Court, Criminal Appearance Docket Books, Vol. 17: ca.1914-1915, p. 145; Douglas County District Court, RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Roll 58: Doc. 16-761 to 17-145, Apr. 8, 1914 - Jun. 3, 1914, No. 17-145 (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

People

• English, James P. (judge)
• Maloney, Stephen (Steve) (respondent)
• Maloney, Stephen (Steve) (holding party)
• Dunn, Henry W. (respondent)
• Dunn, Henry W. (holding party)
• Palmer, Thomas (petitioner attorney)
• Neff, Frank (bound party)
• Neff, Frank (petitioner)

• Additional parties

  Vince Hascall (Police Magistrate)

  Robert Smith (Clerk)