Case Summary

Joseph Brown, the petitioner, filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus. Brown was released from custody on bond.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Cause unspecified

Sites of significance

• Unspecified Jail (, )

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released on bail

Case Citation

RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 8: Civil Appearance Docket Books, Book U: Pages 1-399, Nov. 29, 1881 - Jul. 17, 1882, pp. 160, 225 (microfilm roll 21)

Source material(s)

Docket

Length of case file

5 or fewer pages

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• Brown, Joseph (petitioner)
• Brown, Joseph (bound party)
• Burnham, N. J. (respondent attorney)
• Thurston, J. M. (petitioner attorney)
• Hall, Richard Smith (petitioner attorney)
• Ferguson, A. N. (petitioner attorney)