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In re application of Jennie E. Turkington for writ of Habeas Corpus

May 28, 1917 - May 29, 1917

Petitioned on May 28, 1917

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

Case ID: hc.case.ne.1193

Case Summary

On May 28th, 1917, a writ of Habeas Corpus was filed in the name of Jennie E. Turkington for unspecified reasons. The outcome of the petition and the fate of the bound party are unknown. Census records indicate that by 1920 Turkington is an inmate in the Nebraska Hospital for the Insane based in Lancaster County, NE.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

  • Unknown

Petition subtype(s)

  • Unknown

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

State

  • Nebraska

People

Source Materials

The complete case file for this petition has not been found. Information here has been gathered from court journals, indexes, or dockets. You may contact the repository and provide the citation information to request digital scans or print copies of those records, but they are not likely to yield more information than is represented here.

Repository(s)

Case citation

Douglas County District Court, Omaha, NE, RG230: Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series: Criminal Appearance Docket Books, Vol. 19: ca.1916-1917, p. 502; Douglas County District Court, Omaha, NE, RG230: Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Reel 74: Doc. 19-473 to 19-611, May 7, 1917 - Aug. 21, 1917, No. 19-502

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Type of source(s)

Docket

Length of case file

5 or fewer pages

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Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “In re application of Jennie E. Turkington for writ of Habeas Corpus.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed April 4, 2025. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/cases/item/hc.case.ne.1193

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