Case Summary

James Appleby, along with John Briant was detained to answer a charge of murder in September of 1865. Appleby filed a Writ of Habeas Corpus because he was wrongfully detained without an evaluation of his seizure. Judge Kellogg of Nebraska allowed the writ and ruled Appleby was to be released from custody.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Murder

Sites of significance

• Douglas County Jail (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

Case Citation

RG58 Territorial Courts, Subgroup 2: First Judicial District, Series 5: Case Files, 1855-1868, Box 11: Cases C456 - C539, No. C495

Source material(s)

Docket | Case File

Length of case file

5 or fewer pages

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• Appleby, James (petitioner)
• Appleby, James (bound party)
• Sutton, Thomas L. (respondent)
• Sutton, Thomas L. (holding party)
• Kellogg, William (judge)
• Little, W.A. (petitioner attorney)

• Additional parties

  Jeuks, L. P. (justice of the peace)

  Briant, John (also charged for murder with petitioner).