Case Summary

George Coffey and attorney, John M. Macfarland, filed Habeas against E. F. Brailey on October 26, charging that no order of commitment was filed against him and that his arrest was made only at the word of police officer J. H. Savage. The petition was granted, but fate was not recorded.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Wrongful imprisonment

Sites of significance

• Douglas County Jail (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

Douglas County (NE) Criminal Appearance Docket Books, Vol. 15: ca.Oct. 1911 - March 1913, p. 30; RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Roll 46: Doc. 14-742 to 15-33, Jul. 8, 1911 - Nov. 4, 1911, No. 15-30 (microfilm)

Source material(s)

Docket | Case File

Length of case file

Between 6 and 10 pages

Related petitions

• In re application of George Coffey for Writ of Habeas Corpus

Repository(s)

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

State

• Nebraska

People

• Coffey, George (petitioner)
• Coffey, George (bound party)
• Macfarland, John M. (petitioner attorney)
• Sears, Willis G. (judge)
• Brailey, Edwin F. (respondent)
• Brailey, Edwin F. (holding party)
• Brailey, Edwin F. (responding party)
• Thompson, W. B. (responding party)

• Additional parties

  Steere Jr., Asel (Deputy)

  Smith, Robert (Clerk)

  Neilson, A. (Notary Public)

  Savage, J. H. (Police officer)

  Henupson, M. B. (Deputy)

  McShane, F.J. (Sheriff)

  Musgrave, J. R. (Deputy)

  English J. P. (county attorney)

  Day, George A. (Judge)