Case Summary

In August 1902, Joseph Janda, a minor, enlisted in the U.S. Navy in Omaha, Nebraska, but took no further action. In November, he was arrested for desertion after having failed to show up at the Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia. In December, his parents, Thomas and Frances Janda, petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, which was granted. After hearing the evidence, Joseph was released from custody.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral
• Institutional

Petition subtype(s)

• Desertion
• Underage military enlistment

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

Case Citation

Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009, U.S. Circuit Court for the Omaha Division of the District of Nebraska , Series: Appearance Dockets, 1867 - 1915, Vol. 23, p. 66; Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009, U.S. Circuit Court for the Omaha Division of the District of Nebraska. (1867-1/1/1912), Series: Chancery, Criminal, Equity and Law Cases, 3/30/1867-12/26/1911, No. V-66

Source material(s)

Docket | Case File

Length of case file

Between 6 and 10 pages

Repository(s)

• National Archives and Records Administration, Kansas City (Kansas City, Kansas)

State

• Nebraska

Tag(s)

• Children

People

• Janda, Joseph A. (bound party)
• Janda, Thomas (petitioner)
• Janda, Frances (petitioner)
• Hyers, Reuben M. (respondent)
• Gering, Matthew (petitioner attorney)
• Rush, S. R. (respondent attorney)
• Munger, William H. (judge)
• Hyers, Reuben M. (responding party)
• Hyers, Reuben M. (holding party)

• Additional parties

  Thummel, George H. (clerk)

  Nicholson, John (deputy clerk)