Case Summary

Charged with highway robbery and sentenced to five years hard labor, June Bent petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus against the warden of the Nebraska State Penitentiary, George Leidigh. Judge Cornish granted the petition. After hearing evidence, Cornish denied the writ and ordered that Bent be remanded back into custody. Bent was tried along with his alleged co-conspirator, William Hayes, who also petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus. See hc.case.ne.0586

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Highway robbery

Outcome

Writ denied

Fate of bound party

Remained in custody

Case Citation

RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 4 Daily Journal #34: April 1899-Jan. 1900, p. 172; 259; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 3 Appearance Docket 25, p. 62; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 5 Complete Record 250, p. 315-321

Source material(s)

Journal | Docket | Complete Record

Related petitions

• In Re Application of William Hayes for Writ of Habeas Corpus

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• Bent, June (petitioner)
• Bent, June (bound party)
• Leidigh, George W. (respondent)
• Leidigh, George W. (responding party)
• Leidigh, George W. (holding party)
• Beal, F. B. (authority ordering detention)
• Gillian, Jasper R. (petitioner attorney)
• McNerney, Bernard (petitioner attorney)
• Smyth, Constantine J. (respondent attorney)
• Cornish, Albert J. (judge)

• Additional parties

  Jacobs, Joseph A. (complainant)

  Demars, John (witness)

  Colvin, Isaac B. (foreman, witness)

  Marker, John

  Lacey, T. (witness)

  May, B. F. (witness)

  Zimmerman, Phillip (witness)

  Patterson, W. H. (witness)

  Rinkle, William (witness)

  Holdredge, Harry (witness)

  Curtis, Harry (witness)

  Riley, Austin (witness)

  Ramey, O. E. (witness)

  Burdick, A. A. (deputy sheriff)

  Molley, Charles (foreman, witness)

  Peltz, Fred (witness)

  Ziteck, Frank (witness)

  Carr, John (witness)

  McCoy, James (witness)

  Boom, Frank (witness)

  Norris, W. H. (witness)

  Kyle, J. W. (witness)

  Hogate, W. W. (witness)

  McCullen, Jr., John (witness)

  Reed, Albert (witness)

  Webber, G. P. (witness)

  Hayes, William (co-defendant)

  Cheney, George R. (witness)

  Wells, L. D. (witness)

  Mercer, J. R. (witness)

  Raney, A. D. (county attorney)

  Burden, James (clerk)

  Easterday, A. W. (notary public)

  Odell, Catharine A. (notary public)