Case Summary

Esther Hilderbrand submitted a petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus on 23 September 1912, stating that Margaret Carr (whose assumed Convent name is Catherine) was being unlawfully detained and deprived of her liberty by the Mother Superior of the Good Shepherd Convent (whose first and real name is unknown). Judge Sutton ordered that Margaret Carr be discharged from the custody of the Mother Superior on 23 September 1912. He stated that the petition and “proofs” showed that Margaret Carr was being unlawfully detained and deprived of her liberty.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Wrongful imprisonment

Sites of significance

• Home of the Good Shepherd (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

Case Citation

Douglas County (NE) Criminal Appearance Docket Books, Vol. 15: ca.Oct. 1911 - March 1913, p. 378; RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Roll 50: Doc. 15-368 to 15-528, Sep. 5, 1912 - Nov. 23, 1912, No. 15-378 (microfilm)

Source material(s)

Case File | Docket

Length of case file

5 or fewer pages

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• Hilderbrand, Esther (petitioner)
• Weaver, Frank L. (petitioner attorney)
• Giller, William M. (petitioner attorney)
• Carr, Margaret (Catherine) (bound party)
• English, James P. (respondent attorney)
• Sutton, Abraham L. (judge)
• Good Shepherd Convent, Mother Superior (holding party)
• Good Shepherd Convent, Mother Superior (responding party)

• Additional parties

  McShane, Felix J. (Sheriff)

  Musgraves, J. R. (Deputy)

  Smith, Robert (Clerk)

  Smalley, P. H. (Notary Public)