Case Summary

JE Murray claimed to be unlawfully deprived of his liberty by Steve Maloney, Chief of Detectives of the City of Omaha. He said to have been arrested while standing on the sidewalk with no filed complaint or bond. Maloney claimed that Murray was arrested for vagrancy and in fact had grounds to arrest him. The writ was denied, however Murray was ordered to remain in custody and was denied release.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Vagrancy

Sites of significance

• Omaha City Jail (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Writ denied

Fate of bound party

Remained in custody

Case Citation

Douglas County District Court, Criminal Appearance Docket Books, Vol. 18: ca.1915-1916, p. 319; Douglas County District Court, RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Roll 66: Doc. 18-239 to 18-365, Sep. 9, 1915 - Nov. 3, 1915, No. 18-319 (microfilm)

Source material(s)

Docket | Case File

Length of case file

Between 11 and 20 pages

Repository(s)

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

State

• Nebraska

Tag(s)

• Punitive vagrancy

People

• Murray, J. E. (petitioner)
• Murray, J. E. (bound party)
• Morearty, Edward F. (Ed. F.) (petitioner attorney)
• English, James P. (judge)
• Maloney, Stephen (Steve) (respondent)
• Maloney, Stephen (Steve) (responding party)
• Maloney, Stephen (Steve) (holding party)
• Lambert, William C. (respondent attorney)

• Additional parties

  Burress, Anna (notary public)

  Smith, Robert (clerk)