Case Summary

Pearl Weaver was charged in early June 1918 with vagrancy and prostitution by Police Magistrate Roy Madden. As a result, she was remanded to a jail for a period of time specified to be "until cured." On June 15th 1918, a petition was filed by Weaver and her attorney, Keslo A. Morgan. That writ was allowed and it was ordered that she be released from custody. Sheriff Michael R. Clark brought the writ of return to the court on June 22nd 1918.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Vagrancy
• Prostitution

Sites of significance

• Douglas County Jail (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

Case Citation

Douglas County District Court, Omaha, NE, RG230: Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series: Criminal Appearance Docket Books, Vol. 20: ca.1917-1919, p. 275; Douglas County District Court, Omaha, NE, RG230: Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Reel 78: Doc. 20-147 to 20-282, Mar. 12, 1918 - Jun. 22, 1918, No. 20-275

Source material(s)

Docket | Case File

Length of case file

Between 6 and 10 pages

Repository(s)

• Douglas County District Court (Omaha, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

Tag(s)

• Prostitution vagrancy

People

• Clark, Michael L. (respondent)
• Weaver, Pearl (petitioner)
• Weaver, Pearl (bound party)
• Clayton, Sherman (respondent)
• Clayton, Sherman (holding party)
• Morgan, Keslo A. (petitioner attorney)
• Redick, William A. (judge)
• Madden, Ray J. (police magistrate)
• Madden, Ray J. (authority ordering detention)

• Additional parties

  Anderson, Charles F. (Deputy)

  Magney, George A. (County Attorney)

  Smith, Robert (Clerk)

  Steere Jr., Asel (Deputy)

  Steinwender, Paul F. (Notary Public)