Case Summary

In a case transferred from county court, George Sellers petitioned for his freedom claiming that Deputy Sheriff Charles Hoxie was depriving him of his liberty. Judge Chapman granted the petition. After hearing testimony, Chapman ruled that a lower court had not yet sufficiently tried the case and remanded Sellers back into custody.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Voter fraud

Outcome

Writ denied

Fate of bound party

Remained in custody

Case Citation

RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 4 Daily Journal U: Sept. 1890-Jan. 1891, p. 342; 356; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 3 Appearance Docket X, p. 88; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 5 Complete Record 23, p. 234-238

Source material(s)

Journal | Docket | Complete Record

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

Tag(s)

• Appeal

People

• Sellers, George (petitioner)
• Sellers, George (bound party)
• McClay, Samuel (respondent)
• McClay, Samuel (responding party)
• McClay, Samuel (holding party)
• Woodward, W. H. (petitioner attorney)
• Billingsley, L. W. (petitioner attorney)

• Additional parties

  Stewart, W. E. (judge)

  Bullock, C. G. (complainant) Hoxie, Charles W. (deputy sheriff)

  Sizer, Edward R. (clerk)

  Hoagland, Henry V. (deputy)