Case Summary

On April 13, 1921, Chester A. Richards was arrested. On April 14, he petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus. The respondents replied on the same day and stated that they arrested him for allegedly defrauding an inn-keeper. Chester’s fate is unknown. However, the appearance docket shows that someone was subpoenaed and the writ was delivered to Gilbert Dolan on May 23.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Defrauding an inn-keeper

Sites of significance

• Douglas County Jail (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

Douglas County District Court, Omaha, NE, RG230: Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series: Criminal Appearance Docket Books, Vol. 23: ca. 1920 - 1920, p. 512; Douglas County District Court, Omaha, NE, RG230: Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Reel 97: 23-447 to 23-587, Mar. 1, 1921 - May 21, 1921, No. 23-512

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

People

• Richards, Chester A. (petitioner)
• Richards, Chester A. (bound party)
• Morearty, Edward F. (Ed. F.) (petitioner attorney)
• Clark, Michael L. (respondent)
• Clark, Michael L. (responding party)
• Clark, Michael L. (holding party)
• Troupe, A. C. (Troup) (judge)

• Additional parties

  Dolan, Gilbert (received writ)

  Foster, W. A. (notary public)

  Lindsay, James F. (deputy)

  Seaman, Florence (notary public)

  Shotwell, Abel V. (county attorney)

  Smith, Robert (clerk)

  Steere, Asel, Jr. (deputy)