Case Summary

Lee McCoy was imprisoned for unspecified reasons, though newspaper accounts indicate he faced charges of cattle stealing. He petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, which was granted. After hearing the evidence, the writ was denied and McCoy remanded to the custody of the prison warden.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Cattle stealing

Outcome

Writ denied

Fate of bound party

Remained in custody

Case Citation

RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 3 Appearance Docket J, p. 157; RG207 Lancaster County Subgroup 9: Series 4 Daily Journal #62: Dec. 1912-Oct. 1913, p. 291

Source material(s)

Docket | Journal

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• McCoy, Lee (petitioner)
• McCoy, Lee (bound party)
• Melick, Samuel M. (respondent)
• Melick, Samuel M. (responding party)
• Melick, Samuel M. (holding party)
• Cornish, Albert J. (judge)
• Fisher, Allen G. (petitioner attorney)
• Ramey, William P. (petitioner attorney)

• Additional parties

  Hyers, Gus. A (sheriff)

  Fetterley, Arthur M. (deputy sheriff)