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In the Matter of the Application of T. Blackburn for a Writ of Habeas Corpus

June 7, 1892 - July 1, 1892

Filed before the US District Court for the Omaha Division of the District of Nebraska (Omaha, Nebraska)

Case ID: hc.case.ne.1498

Case Summary

In June 1892, someone petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in the name of T. Blackburn, which was granted. After hearing the evidence, the bound party was released.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

  • Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

  • Carceral

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

Related petitions

State

  • Nebraska

People

  • Blackburn, T. (presumed petitioner)

  • Additional parties

    Dundy, Jr., Elmer Scipio (clerk)

Source Materials

The complete case file for this petition has not been found. Information here has been gathered from court journals, indexes, or dockets. You may contact the repository and provide the citation information to request digital scans or print copies of those records, but they are not likely to yield more information than is represented here.

Repository(s)

Case citation

Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009, U.S. District Court for the Omaha Division of the District of Nebraska, Series: Criminal Dockets, 1867-1959, Vol. J, p. 456

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Type of source(s)

Docket

Length of case file

No case file

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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 T. Blackburn for a 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.1498

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