Case Summary

William Jones petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus claiming he was unlawfully detained by Sheriff Nicholas Ress. Judge Cornish granted the petition. After Ress produced the body of Jones in court and the petitioner's council did not appear, Cornish denied the writ and ordered that Jones be remanded back into custody of Ress.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Cause unspecified

Outcome

Writ denied

Fate of bound party

Remained in custody

Case Citation

RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 4 Daily Journal #46: Jan. 1905-March 1906, p. 12; 13RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 3 Appearance Docket F, p. 246

Source material(s)

Docket | Journal

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• Jones, William (petitioner)
• Jones, William (bound party)
• Ress, Nicholas (respondent)
• Ress, Nicholas (responding party)
• Ress, Nicholas (holding party)
• Hager, George E. (petitioner attorney)
• Cornish, Albert J. (judge)