Case Summary

O. M. Males petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of his friend, Henry A. Fricke, who he claimed was wrongfully jailed by J. R. Doane. Judge Strode granted the petition. Judge Hall later dismissed the case after Henry A. Fricke allegedly escaped from custody.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Fraud

Outcome

Writ denied

Fate of bound party

Not in custody

Case Citation

RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 4 Daily Journal #4: Jan. 1893-May 1893, p.248; 258; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 4 Daily Journal #5: Jan. 1893-May 1893, p. 615; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 3 Appearance Docket 6, p. 251; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 5 Complete Record 84, 395-397

Source material(s)

Journal | Docket | Complete Record

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• Fricke, Henry A. (bound party)
• Males, O. M. (petitioner)
• Doane, J. R. (respondent)
• Doane, J. R. (responding party)
• Doane, J. R. (holding party)
• Hayden, N. B. (authority ordering detention)
• Lamb, Edwin M. (petitioner attorney)
• Cornish, Albert J. (petitioner attorney)
• Hall, Charles L. (judge)
• Strode, Jesse B. (judge)

• Additional parties

  Elder, C. E. (alleged victim)

  Baker, E. (clerk)