Case Summary

John Donohue enlisted in the U.S. Army. His mother, Mary Donohue, claimed he was a minor and petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus on his behalf, which was granted. After hearing the evidence, John was released.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Institutional

Petition subtype(s)

• Underage military enlistment

Sites of significance

• Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis, Missouri)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

Case Citation

St. Louis Law Commissioners' Court, October Term 1855, No. 119

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

Between 11 and 20 pages

Repository(s)

• Missouri State Archives-St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri)

State

• Missouri

Tag(s)

• Children

People

• Donohue, John W. (bound party)
• Donohue, Mary (petitioner)
• Hardee, William Joseph (respondent)
• Hardee, William Joseph (holding party)
• Chambliss, William Parham (responding party)
• Chambliss, William Parham (holding party)
• Johnson, (holding party)
• Colvin, John W. (judge)
• Farish, Edward T. (petitioner attorney)
• Reynolds, Thomas Caute (respondent attorney)

• Additional parties

  Hynes, Al W. (deponent)

  Lavely, R. A. (deponent)

  O’Hara, Theodore (enlisting officer)

  Camron, Charles (army enlistee)

  Hagan, Pius (army enlistee)

  Slaughter, D. S. (police judge)

  Elliott, J. D. (clerk)

  Peyinghaus, Robert (deputy marshal)

  Donohue, Patrick (grandfather of bound party)