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In the matter of the application of William Brown and George Duvall for discharge from Imprisonment

May 27, 1868

Petitioned on May 27, 1868

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

Case ID: hc.case.ne.0790

Case Summary

Brown and Duvall, petitioners, filed a Writ of Habeas Corpus which was approved by Judge Lake, and they were discharged from custody.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

  • Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

  • Cause unspecified

Sites of significance

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

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. 411

Source material(s)

Journal

Length of case file

5 or fewer pages

Repository(s)

State

  • Nebraska

People

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “In the matter of the application of William Brown and George Duvall for discharge from Imprisonment.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/cases/item/hc.case.ne.0790

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