In the matter of the application of Lynn W. Young for writ of Habeas Corpus

March 28, 1924 - January 27, 1925

Petitioned on March 28, 1924

Filed before the Douglas County District Court (Omaha, Nebraska)

Case ID: hc.case.ne.1437

Case Summary

On March 24, 1927 Lynn W. Young's attorney filed a petition for a writ of Habeas Corpus on his behalf. Although an order to issue the writ was allowed, the order was returned and not served on April 3. On January 27, 1925 the petition was dismissed.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

Unlawful detention

Sites of significance

Omaha City Jail (Omaha, Nebraska)

Outcome

Writ dismissed

Fate of bound party

Unknown

State

Nebraska

People

Young, Lynn W. (bound party)
Coffey, Raymond H. (petitioner attorney)
Coffey, Raymond H. (petitioner)
Leslie, Charles (judge)
Van Duesen, Charles H. (Van Deusen) (respondent)
Van Duesen, Charles H. (Van Deusen) (holding party)
(respondent)
(holding party)
Additional parties

Smith, Robert (clerk)

Endres, M. L. (sheriff)

Foster, W. A. (deputy)

Source Materials

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Repository(s)

Douglas County District Court (Omaha, Nebraska)

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. 117; Douglas County District Court, Omaha, NE, RG230: Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Reel 120: 27-66 to 27-195, Feb. 20, 1924 - May 15, 1924, No. 27-117

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Type of source(s)

Docket | Case File

Length of case file

Between 6 and 10 pages

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Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “In the matter of the application of Lynn W. Young for writ of Habeas Corpus.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed April 4, 2025. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/cases/item/hc.case.ne.1437