Case Summary

Austin Campbell was arrested on June 23, by Chief of Police, John Briggs. Mary Campbell and attorney John M. Macfarland, petitioned on behalf of her husband, Austin Campbell, on June 28 for habeas against John Briggs. Mary Campbell argued to Judge Lee S. Estelle that no charge has been brought against her husband since arrest and that he is being held too long under suspicious character - claiming this to be a violation of the statute of the State of Nebraska. A different judge, Willis G. Sears, issues writ. On June 29, the writ was sustained, and Austin Campbell was released.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Suspicious character

Sites of significance

• South Omaha City Jail (South Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

Case Citation

Douglas County District Court, Criminal Appearance Docket Books, Vol. 14: ca.1909 - July 1911, p. 419; Douglas County District Court, RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Roll 42: Doc. 14-317 to 14-422, Apr. 8, 1910 - Jul. 11,1910, No. 14-419 (microfilm)

Source material(s)

Docket | Case File

Length of case file

Between 6 and 10 pages

Repository(s)

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

State

• Nebraska

People

• Campbell, Mary (petitioner)
• Campbell, Austin (bound party)
• Macfarland, John M. (petitioner attorney)
• Estelle, Lee S. (judge)
• Sears, Willis G. (judge)
• Briggs, John (respondent)
• Brailey, Edwin F. (holding party)
• Brailey, Edwin F. (responding party)
• Phizek, J. V. (responding party)

• Additional parties

  Steere Jr., Asel (Deputy)

  Smith, Robert (Clerk)

  Neilson, A. (Notary Public)

  English, J. P. (County Attorney)