Case Summary

Joseph Nachtnable, the petitioner, was charged with committing the crime of assault with the intent to do great bodily injury. Judge Slabaugh found that he was deprived of his liberty, granted the petition, and released him from custody.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Assault with intent to commit great bodily injury

Sites of significance

• Douglas County Jail (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

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. 68 (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. 4-68

Source material(s)

Case File | Docket

Length of case file

Between 11 and 20 pages

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• McDonald, John W. (responding party)
• McDonald, John W. (holding party)
• Nachtneble, Joe (Nachtneber) (petitioner)
• Nachtneble, Joe (Nachtneber) (bound party)
• Slabaugh, Willard. W. (judge)

• Additional parties

  Frank, Albyn L. (clerk)

  Gordon, S. J. (police judge), Becka, Laura (notary public), Broadwell, Frank A. (clerk)

  Shand, George D. (deputy)