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In the matter of the re-application of Arthur F. Mullen on behalf of T. A. Dunn for a writ of Habeas

December 27, 1912 - January 14, 1913

Petitioned on December 27, 1912

Filed before the Douglas County District Court (Omaha, Nebraska)

Case ID: hc.case.ne.1095

Case Summary

T. A. Dunn was arrested for vagrancy on December 25th, 1912. Arthur F. Mullen argued that William Alstadt attempted to open court and try and determine a criminal case on December 25, 1912, which is Christmas, a legal holiday. Attempting to open court on said day is illegal and all doings and judgements of Alstadt are null and void. The petition was granted, but the fate of Dunn is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

  • Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

  • Vagrancy

Sites of significance

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

Douglas County (NE) Criminal Appearance Docket Books, Vol. 15: ca.Oct. 1911 - March 1913, p. 563; RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Roll 51: Doc. 15-528 to 15-675, Nov. 23, 1912 - Jan. 17, 1913, No. 15-563 (microfilm)

Source material(s)

Docket | Case File

Length of case file

Between 11 and 20 pages

Repository(s)

State

  • Nebraska

Tag(s)

  • Technical vagrancy

People

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “In the matter of the re-application of Arthur F. Mullen on behalf of T. A. Dunn for a writ of Habeas.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/cases/item/hc.case.ne.1095

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