Case Summary

Charged with highway robbery and sentenced to five years hard labor, William Hayes petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus against the warden of the Nebraska State Penitentiary, George Leidigh. Judge Cornish granted the petition. After reviewing the evidence, Cornish denied the writ and remanded Hayes back into the custody of Leidigh. Hayes was originally tried with his alleged co-conspirator, June Bent, who also petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus. See hc.case.ne.0585

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; 259-260; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 3 Appearance Docket 25, p. 64; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 5 Complete Record 259, p. 108-116

Source material(s)

Journal | Complete Record | Docket

Related petitions

• In re application of June Bent for writ of habeas corpus

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

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

• Additional parties

  Bent, June (co-defendant)

  Jacobs, Joseph A. (complainant)

  Demars, John (witness)

  Colvin, Isaac B. (foreman, witness)

  Marker, John (witness)

  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)

  Burden, James (clerk)

  Easterday, A. W. (notary public)

  Odell, Catharine A. (clerk)