Case Summary

On August 8, 1921, Emma Morgan was arrested in Omaha and held for investigation without charge; however, on August 10, Morgan was charged with vagrancy and sentenced to serve 90 days in jail. On August 15, Morgan provided an appeal bond of $500.00, and the magistrate approved this appeal bond and ordered her release. Morgan remained imprisoned, and as a result, she filed a petition for a writ of Habeas Corpus on August 16, 2021. The outcome of the case, as well as Morgan's fate, is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Vagrancy

Sites of significance

• Omaha City 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. 801; Douglas County District Court, Omaha, NE, RG230: Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Reel 99: 23-731 to 24-74, Jul. 22, 1921 - Sep. 7, 1921, No. 23-801

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)

• Technical vagrancy

People

• Morgan, Emma (petitioner)
• Morgan, Emma (bound party)
• Burger, Joseph O. (petitioner attorney)
• Dempsey, Michael F. (respondent)
• Dempsey, Michael F. (responding party)
• Dusen, Charles Van (Deusun) (respondent)
• Gibbons, (respondent)

• Additional parties

  Smith, Robert (clerk)

  Clark, Michael L. (sheriff)

  Foster, W. A. (deputy);