In the matter of the application of Nina P. Robotham, a minor, by Robert G. Robotham, her next friend, for a writ of habeas corpus

February 29, 1912 - March 1, 1912

Filed before the Lancaster County District Court (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Case ID: hc.case.ne.0658

Case Summary

Robert Robotham petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus to retrieve his daughter, Nina Robotham, from the custody of her mother, Minnie Robotham, which was granted. Nina was placed into the custody of A. E. Howard for the duration of the proceedings. Before evidence could be heard, Robert withdrew his petition. Nina's fate is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

Interpersonal

Petition subtype(s)

Child custody

Outcome

Petition withdrawn

Fate of bound party

Unknown

State

Nebraska

Tag(s)

Children

People

Robotham, Nina Pearl (bound party)
Robotham, Nina Pearl (petitioner)
Robotham, Robert G. (petitioner)
Robotham, Minnie (respondent)
Robotham, Minnie (responding party)
Robotham, Minnie (holding party)
McGraw, Joseph A. (petitioner attorney)
Wilke, Charles R. (petitioner attorney)
Additional parties

Hyers, Gus. A (sheriff)

Schrank, George (deputy sheriff)

Howard, A. E. (temporary custodian of bound party)

Source Materials

The complete case file for this petition has not been found. Information here has been gathered from court journals, indexes, or dockets. You may contact the repository and provide the citation information to request digital scans or print copies of those records, but they are not likely to yield more information than is represented here.

Repository(s)

History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Case citation

RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 3 Appearance Docket J, p. 110; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 4 Daily Journal #60: Dec. 1911-Nov. 1912, pp. 144-145, 187

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Type of source(s)

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Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “In the matter of the application of Nina P. Robotham, a minor, by Robert G. Robotham, her next friend, for a writ of habeas corpus.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed April 4, 2025. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/cases/item/hc.case.ne.0658