Case Summary

Leroy Craig petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus claiming that he was being illegally detained by James L. Greene. Although not mentioned in case files, Greene was the Superintendent of the Nebraska Hospital for the Insane. Judge Frost granted the petition. Greene submitted a demurrer to the Court, which was overruled. Frost allowed the writ and ordered that Craig be released from custody.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Institutional

Petition subtype(s)

• Insanity

Sites of significance

• Nebraska State Hospital for the Insane (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

Case Citation

RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 4 Daily Journal #48: March 1906-March 1907, p. 64; 66; 120; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 3 Appearance Docket G, p. 72

Source material(s)

Journal | Docket

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• Craig, Leroy (petitioner)
• Craig, Leroy (bound party)
• Greene, James L. (respondent)
• Greene, James L. (responding party)
• Greene, James L. (holding party)
• Greenlee, A. G. (petitioner attorney)
• Frost, Lincoln (judge)

• Additional parties

  Ress, Nicholas (sheriff)