Case Summary

William Monohon was showing product samples door-to-door in Hebron, Nebraska on behalf of his Des Moines, Iowa employer when he was arrested and placed in the Thayer County jail for peddling without a license. He petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that he was engaging in lawful interstate commerce. His fate is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Selling samples without a license
• Municipal violation
• Peddling without a license

Sites of significance

• Thayer County Jail (Hebron, Nebraska)

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

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. K, p. 302; 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. (2/27/1907- ), Series: Criminal Case Files, 1867-1983, Box 4, No. K-302

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

Point(s) of law cited

U.S. Const. art. IV, § 2.

People

• Monohon, William C. (petitioner)
• Scoville, John (respondent)
• Lindsey, A. (respondent)
• Lynch, Francis J. (petitioner attorney)
• Baker, Benjamin S. (respondent attorney)

• Additional parties

  Dundy, Jr., Elmer Scipio (clerk)

  Edwards, W. A. (merchant)