Case Summary

In October 1924, Harry Reed petitioned for a writ of Habeas Corpus on the grounds he was being unlawfully restrained of his liberty. Seven years prior, in 1917, a divorce was entered against the petitioner in favor of his former spouse, Chloe Reedy, in Atchison, Kansas. The court found Harry guilty of gross neglect and awarded Chloe custody of their two minor children and an alimony of $5 per week. In Douglas County, October 1924, Harry was arrested for non-support of his minor children and being a fugitive of justice from Kansas. The petition alleges Harry was not a fugitive of justice from Kansas and by decree of the divorce he was not guilty of any felonies. Judge Stauffer allowed the writ, and Harry Reedy was released from custody.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Fugitive from justice
• Non-support of minor children

Sites of significance

• Omaha City 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. 27: ca. Jan. 1924 - Jan. 1925, p. 563; Douglas County District Court, Omaha, NE, RG230: Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Reel 123: 27-482 to 27-593, Sep. 8, 1924 - Oct. 21, 1924, No. 27-563

Source material(s)

Docket | Case File

Length of case file

Between 11 and 20 pages

Repository(s)

• Douglas County District Court (Omaha, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska
• Kansas

Point(s) of law cited

Constitution of the United States, Act of Congress passed February 12, 1793

Tag(s)

• Fugitive from justice

People

• Reedy, Harry (petitioner)
• Reedy, Harry (bound party)
• Walsh, C. E. (petitioner attorney)
• Fitzgerald, James M. (judge)
• Stauffer, Carroll O. (judge)
• Dunn, Henry W. (respondent)
• Dunn, Henry W. (responding party)
• Dunn, Henry W. (holding party)
• Dusen, Charles Van (Deusun) (respondent)
• Dusen, Charles Van (Deusun) (responding party)
• Dusen, Charles Van (Deusun) (holding party)
• Monger, Cornelius D. (respondent)
• Monger, Cornelius D. (responding party)
• Monger, Cornelius D. (holding party)
• Bryan, Charles Wayland (authority ordering detention)
• Davis, Jonathan M. (authority ordering detention)

• Additional parties

  Smith, Robert (Clerk)

  Reedy, Chloe (Former spouse of Harry Reedy)

  O.K. Casey (Chloe Reedy’s Attorney)

  Gundy (Chloe Reedy’s Attorney)

  Reedy, Mackzine (Reedy’s Child), Reedy, Lavell (Reedy’s Child)

  Jackson, W.A. (District Judge)

  Hendrix, Robert R. (Clerk of Atchison District Court)

  Hanson, Ruth E. (Deputy Clerk)

  Beal, Henry (County Attorney)

  Gross, D.J. (Deputy County Attorney)

  Regan, Frank J. (Secretary of State)

  Cornell, E. A. (Assistant Secretary of State)

  Endres, Michael L. (Sheriff of Douglas County)

  Pszanowski, John J. (Acting Chief of Police);