Case Summary

Frank Fryson is arrested in November of 1898 in Nebraska as a fugitive from justice from the city of Council Bluffs for committing the crime of larceny. On his behalf, his lawyer, Fred L. Smith, files for a writ of Habeas Corpus to Judge Baker with the claim that Fryson was arrested without warrant or complaint.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Fugitive from justice

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. 4: Pages 1-401, Nov. 25, 1898 - Aug. 2, 1899, p. 95 (microfilm); RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Box 9: Doc. 4-24 to 4-137, 1898-99, No. 4-95

Source material(s)

Case File | Docket

Length of case file

Between 21 and 30 pages

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• Baker, Benjamin S. (judge)
• White, Martin (holding party)
• White, Martin (respondent)
• Smith, Fred L. (petitioner attorney)
• Helsley, Lee (respondent attorney)
• Fryson, Frank (petitioner)
• Fryson, Frank (bound party)

• Additional parties

  Frank, L. Albyn (clerk)

  Mitchell, Miles (deputy)

  Broadwell, Frank A. (clerk)

  McDonald, John W. (sheriff)

  Miller, J. S. (filed complaint)

  Gordon, S. J. (police judge)

  Sturn Jr., A. (deputy)

  Stryker, George B. (deputy)