Case Summary

E. H. Hall, attorney for Lizzie Storz, filed a writ after she claimed to be unlawfully imprisoned by Martin White with no cause and denied right of counsel. Hall's petitioned was granted and Storz's case was allowed to be heard by the state district court.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Cause unspecified

Sites of significance

• Omaha City Jail (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 4: Criminal Appearance Docket Books, 1855-1900, Vol. 3: Pages 1-399, Nov. 1897 - Nov. 1898, p. 323 (microfilm); RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Box 8: Doc. 3-245 to 4-23, 1898, No. 3-323

Source material(s)

Docket | Case File

Length of case file

Between 11 and 20 pages

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• Storz, Lizzie (bound party)
• Hall, E.H (petitioner)
• Hall, E.H (petitioner attorney)
• White, Martin (holding party)
• White, Martin (respondent)
• White, Martin (responding party)
• Slabaugh, Willard. W. (judge)
• Fawcett, J. (judge)

• Additional parties

  Frank L., Albyn (Clerk)