Case Summary

William J. McClain claimed to have been unlawfully detained by John Briggs and Michael Corcoran. McClain was charged with "keeping house or place for gambling." He was order to pay a fine of $50 and sent to jail. However, McClain claimed that the charge is not a misdemeanor under the ordinance of the city of South Omaha. The petition was granted, however the fate of the bound party is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Gambling

Sites of significance

• South Omaha City Jail (South Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

Douglas County District Court, Criminal Appearance Docket Books, Vol. 16: ca.1913-1914, p. 356; Douglas County District Court, RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Roll 55: Doc. 16-327 to 16-435, Oct. 6, 1913 - Dec. 22, 1913, No. 16-356 (microfilm)

Source material(s)

Docket | Case File

Length of case file

Between 11 and 20 pages

Repository(s)

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

State

• Nebraska

People

• Briggs, John (holding party)
• Briggs, John (respondent)
• Corcoran, Michael (respondent)
• Corcoran, Michael (holding party)
• McClain, William J. (petitioner)
• McClain, William J. (bound party)
• Sutton, Abraham L. (judge)
• O’Sullivan, Eugene D. (E. D.) (petitioner attorney)
• Jamieson, William Nicholas (Jameson) (petitioner attorney)

• Additional parties

  Callahan, James F. (Police Judge)

  Smith, Robert (Clerk)