Case Summary

Leonard Collins, the petitioner, commit an act of larceny against William Hemmings. He allegedly stole one shotgun, shovel, wagon cover, and two blankets. Collins filed for a writ of Habeas Corpus on the grounds that he needed to support his wife and children. He argued that because of his detainment, they were entering severe poverty. The Judge allowed for the writ to be heard, but whether Collins was released or not is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Larceny

Sites of significance

• Douglas County Jail (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

RG58 Territorial Courts, Subgroup 2: First Judicial District, Series 5: Case Files, 1855-1868, Box 12: Cases D1 - D119, No. D28

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

5 or fewer pages

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

Tag(s)

• Children

People

• Collins, Leonard (petitioner)
• Collins, Leonard (bound party)
• Kellogg, William (judge)
• Dellone, Andrew (respondent)
• Dellone, Andrew (holding party)
• Ambrose, J. C. (petitioner attorney)

• Additional parties

  Snowden, William (deputy sheriff)

  Hair, Sylvester (witness)

  Birkets, Charles P. (witness)

  Saunders, John K. (witness)

  Reed, Byron (notary public)

  Miller, Louis (magistrate)

  Reed, Howard (witness)

  Paddock, J. W. (foreman)

  Hennings, William (juror)

  Quigley, Saul O. C. (juror)

  Welch, Thomas (juror)

  Delon, Andrew (juror)

  Edward (juror)

  Hennings, William (person petitioner committed larceny against)

  Doane, W. H. (prosecuting attorney for Douglas County)