Case Summary

Leroy Allison was being detained at the Nebraska State Hospital for the Insane on the authority of a warrant issued by the commissioners of insanity for Cass County, Nebraska. He petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, which was granted. After hearing the evidence, it was found that the commissioners had neglected to impose a sentence on Allison. The writ was allowed and Allison 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 3 Appearance Docket H, p. 236; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 4 Daily Journal Journal #56: Jan. 1910-Jan. 1911, pp. 661, 670-671

Source material(s)

Docket | Journal

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• Allison, Leroy (bound party)
• Allison, Leroy (petitioner)
• Woodard, D. S. (Woodward) (respondent)
• Woodard, D. S. (Woodward) (responding party)
• Woodard, D. S. (Woodward) (holding party)
• Cornish, Albert J. (judge)
• Greene, Philip F. (petitioner attorney)
• Greene, Robert J. (petitioner attorney)

• Additional parties

  Hoagland, Henry V. (sheriff)

  Dawson, J. T. (deputy sheriff)