Case Summary

Albert Herckenrath enlisted in the U.S. Army. He later claimed he was a minor and petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, which was granted. After hearing the evidence, Herckenrath was released.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Institutional

Petition subtype(s)

• Underage military enlistment

Sites of significance

• St. Louis Arsenal (St. Louis, Missouri)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

Case Citation

St. Louis Law Commissioners' Court, December Term 1855, No. 183

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

Between 6 and 10 pages

Repository(s)

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

State

• Missouri

People

• Herckenrath, Albert (bound party)
• Herckenrath, Albert (petitioner)
• Ramsay, George D. (respondent)
• Ramsay, George D. (responding party)
• Ramsay, George D. (holding party)
• Kribben, Christian (petitioner attorney)
• Colvin, John W. (judge)

• Additional parties

  Black, John (justice of the peace)

  Camp, F. D. (examining surgeon)

  Benét, S. V. (recruiting officer)

  Herckenrath, Rudolph (notary public)