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Francis A. Castie vs. Territory of Nebraska

June 23, 1865

Filed before the Douglas County District Court (Omaha, Nebraska)

Case ID: hc.case.ne.0768

Case Summary

Castie, petitioner, filed for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

  • Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

  • Cause unspecified

Sites of significance

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

State

  • Nebraska

People

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)

Case citation

RG58 Territorial Courts, Subgroup 2: First Judicial District, Series 1: Appearance Dockets, 1855-1868, Docket C: Oct. 1859 - May 1866, No. C494 1/2

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Type of source(s)

Docket

Length of case file

5 or fewer pages

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Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Francis A. Castie vs. Territory of Nebraska.” 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.0768

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