In the matter of the application of Michael Kaufman for a writ of Habeas Corpus

February 5, 1894 - February 6, 1894

Petitioned on February 5, 1894

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

Case ID: hc.case.ne.0880

Case Summary

Kaufman was charged with malicious destruction of property of less than 100 dollars. He was sentenced to imprisonment for four months and had to pay a fine. His petition claims that the maximum penalty provided by law was no more than thirty days and that he had been confined for thirty days with no power and was not provided a lawyer.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

Malicious destruction of property

Sites of significance

Douglas County Jail (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

State

Nebraska

People

Scott, Cunningham R. (judge)
Drexel, John C. (holding party)
Drexel, John C. (respondent)
Drexel, John C. (responding party)
Rutherford, G. A. (petitioner attorney)
Kaufman, Michael (petitioner)
Kaufman, Michael (bound party)
Additional parties

Miller, J. S. (county jailer)

Ogden, Charles (county judge)

Kaley, Jacob L. (county attorney)

Moore, Frank E. (clerk)

Stern, Charles (accomplice)

Sparkes, James (accomplice)

Roseuzweiq, H. (deputy)

Source Materials

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Repository(s)

Case citation

History Nebraska, RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 2: General Index Books & Court Journals, Vol. 25: Dec. 28, 1893 - Feb. 6, 1894, pp. 784-5; History Nebraska, RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 2: General Index Books & Court Journals, Vol. 26: Feb. 6, 1894 - Mar. 14, 1894, p. 8; Douglas County District Court, Civil Appearance Docket Files, Project No. 45, Roll 571: Doc. 42-257 to 42-287, No. 42-283

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Length of case file

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Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “In the matter of the application of Michael Kaufman for a writ of Habeas Corpus.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed April 4, 2025. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/cases/item/hc.case.ne.0880