Case Summary

Williams, petitioner, filed for a Writ of Habeas Corpus which was approved by a jury and Judge Lake, and he was discharged from custody.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Cause unspecified

Sites of significance

• Unspecified Jail (, )

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. E: Aug. 24, 1869 - Jul. 3, 1871, p. 352

Source material(s)

Journal

Length of case file

5 or fewer pages

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• Williams, John (petitioner)
• Williams, John (bound party)
• Lake, George B. (judge)
• Grebe, Henry (respondent)

• Additional parties

  Buderus, W. C. (juror)

  Smiley, John S. (juror)

  Bruner, John G. (juror), Herut, Milan (juror)

  Hatt, George (juror)

  Arnold, William B. (juror)

  Greenwell, S. A. (juror)

  Freuholn, James (juror)