Case Summary

Petitioner Frank Kelley was imprisoned for a charge of larceny. Kelley filed for a Writ of Habeas Corpus with his lawyer A. J. Poppleton. Judge George Lake ruled that Kelley be held to bail for the remaining term and then released unless he cannot make bail, then he was to be committed to the jail of Douglas County.

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

Released on bail

Case Citation

RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 2: General Index Books & Court Journals, Vol. D: Jul. 1 1867 - Aug. 9 1869, p. 74

Source material(s)

Journal

Length of case file

5 or fewer pages

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• Kelley, Frank (petitioner)
• Kelley, Frank (bound party)
• Lake, George B. (judge)
• Poppleton, Andrew J. (petitioner attorney)
• Chase, Champion (respondent attorney)
• Estabrook, (respondent attorney)

• Additional parties

  Augel, H. W. (witness)