Case Summary

Robinson, petitioner, was arrested for possession of two chisels outside of a stone store owned by Maurice J. McKilligan. Robinson filed for a Writ of Habeas Corpus in front of acting police Judge G. Stevenson. Bail for Robinson was set to five hundred dollars, and set to one hundred dollars for McKilligan, Wright, Mansfield, and Byrne to ensure they show up to act as a witnesses for the alleged possession of burglary tools.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Possession of burglary tools

Sites of significance

• Douglas County Jail (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 8: Civil Appearance Docket Books, Book N: Pages 1-399, Aug. 5, 1875 - Oct. 25, 1877, p. 366 (microfilm roll 14)

Source material(s)

Docket | Case File

Length of case file

Between 11 and 20 pages

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• Baldwin, (petitioner attorney)
• Snyder, CJ (petitioner attorney)
• Stevenson, Gustavus (judge)
• Robinson, Peter (petitioner)
• Robinson, Peter (bound party)
• Connell, William J. (respondent attorney)

• Additional parties

  Byrne, John E. (witness)

  Mansfield, Charles R. (witness)

  Wright, J. S. (witness)

  McKelligan, M. J. (witness)

  Anderson (witness)

  Robinson, Peter (witness)

  Lacy, J. (witness)

  Chase, C. S. (witness)

  Anderson, A. (witness)

  Peck, Albert J. (juror)

  Elliot, S. P. (juror)

  Breuster, C. T. (juror)

  Hall, Marcus L. (juror)

  Fullride, August (juror)

  Shioerr, J. L. (juror)

  Thomas, George H. (juror)

  Thompson, A. D. (juror)

  Laning, Robert (juror)

  McAnsland, John (juror)

  A., Henry (juror)

  Ijams, William H. (clerk)

  McKilligan, Maurice J. (owner of store Robinson is suspected of breaking into)

  Porter, John R. (absent police judge)

  Burley, Alfred (sheriff)

  Noonan, Thomas (associated with prison and sheriff)