Case Summary

James Griffin, William Beck, and William O'Brien filed for a writ of Habeas Corpus which was allowed by Judge Cunningham R. Scott In January of 1895. They were detained for their alleged act of larceny for the total of $2,150.00 of property from Eugene Sauders. After the writ was allowed, the case had a placed a continuance on it, and then was stricken from the docket in March of 1895.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Larceny

Sites of significance

• Omaha City Jail (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

History Nebraska, RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 2: General Index Books & Court Journals, Vol. 36: Oct. 23, 1894 - Mar. 7, 1895, pp. 437-8, 486; History Nebraska, RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 2: General Index Books & Court Journals, Vol. 38: Mar. 7, 1895 - Aug. 23, 1895, p. 117; Douglas County District Court, Civil Appearance Docket Files, Project No. 45, Roll 640: Doc. 48-295 to 48-341, No. 48-303

Source material(s)

Journal

Length of case file

Between 21 and 30 pages

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)
• Douglas County District Court (Omaha, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• Scott, Cunningham R. (judge)
• Tuttle, Charles F. (petitioner attorney)
• Seavey, Webber S. (W. F.) (holding party)
• Griffin, James (petitioner)
• Beck, William (petitioner)
• O'Brien, William (petitioner)
• Mostyn, Patrick (holding party)

• Additional parties

  Moore, Frank E. (clerk)