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Habeas Corpus in the matter of Augusta Krause

August 19, 1856 - August 20, 1856

Petitioned on August 19, 1856

Filed before the St. Louis County Law Commissioners' Court (St. Louis, Missouri)

Case ID: hc.case.mo.0096

Case Summary

John Krause petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus to retrieve his daughter, Augusta Krause, from a man named Cook. was granted. According to John, Cook was holding Augusta in his house in St. Louis and would not allow her father to see her. After hearing the evidence, Augusta was released into John's custody.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

  • Interpersonal

Petition subtype(s)

  • Child custody
  • Kidnapping

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

State

  • Missouri

Tag(s)

  • Children

People

Source Materials

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Repository(s)

Case citation

St. Louis Law Commissioners' Court, August Term 1856, No. 102

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Type of source(s)

Case File

Length of case file

5 or fewer pages

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Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Habeas Corpus in the matter of Augusta Krause.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed April 4, 2025. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/cases/item/hc.case.mo.0096

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