Case Summary

Louie Simmons and Joe Cavarra were arrested in Douglas County on March 9th, 1923. The next day the two men filed a writ of Habeas Corpus, claiming they were wrongfully arrested without a warrant and were being unlawfully held in custody. The case was dismissed on January 27th, 1925, and the fate of the bound parties is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Cause unspecified

Sites of significance

• Omaha City Jail (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Writ dismissed

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. 25: ca. 1922 - 1923, p. 678; Douglas County District Court, Omaha, NE, RG230: Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Reel 112: 25-635 to 25-732, Feb. 15, 1923 - Apr. 16, 1923, No. 25-678

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

Point(s) of law cited

Section 9964 of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1922

People

• Simmons, Louie (petitioner)
• Simmons, Louie (bound party)
• Cavarra, Joe (petitioner)
• Cavarra, Joe (bound party)
• Dempsey, Michael F. (respondent)
• Dempsey, Michael F. (holding party)
• Van Duesen, Charles H. (VanDeusen) (respondent)
• Van Duesen, Charles H. (VanDeusen) (holding party)
• Williams, Frank (respondent)
• Williams, Frank (holding party)
• Goss, Charles A. (judge)
• Mecham, George N. (petitioner attorney)
• Rosewater, Stanley (Stanley M. Rosewater) (petitioner attorney)
• Shotwell, Abel V. (respondent attorney)

• Additional parties

  Soward, C. V. (notary public)

  Smith, Robert (clerk)

  Endres, M. L. (sheriff)

  Agoe, A. E. (deputy)

  Steere, Asel Jr. (deputy)