Case Summary

Nicholas O'Byrne filed a writ of Habeas Corpus with the claim that he did not know the reason for his imprisonment. O'Byrne mentioned that he was not a sailor or in the navy in his petition, other than that it is not clear what he was charged with.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Cause unspecified

Sites of significance

• Douglas County Jail (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

RG58 Nebraska Territory Territorial Courts, Subgroup 2: First Judicial District, Series 5: Case Files, 1855-1868, Box 11: Cases C456 - C539, No. C531

Source material(s)

Docket | Case File

Length of case file

5 or fewer pages

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• O'Byrne, Nicholas (petitioner)
• O'Byrne, Nicholas (bound party)
• Poppleton, Andrew J. (petitioner attorney)
• Dellone, Andrew (respondent)
• Dellone, Andrew (holding party)
• Kellogg, William (judge)