Case Summary

The acting chief of police, Henry Spaker, arrested Gus Langston at his place of business and brought him before the police judge, J. A. Callison. Callison found Langston guilty of being in violation of the ordinance that governed the ownership and operation of pool and billiard tables. Langston was found in violation of section 8 specifically, because he allegedly allowed minors under the age of 18 to use his tables. Langston filed for a writ of habeas to see himself released, and Judge Betton agreed to hear his case and ordered a writ be delivered to Spaker, but the events and outcome of the hearing is unknown.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Unlawfully keeping and operating a pool and billiard table

Sites of significance

• Gage County Jail (Beatrice, Nebraska)

Outcome

Unknown

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

Gage County District Court, Case Files, Box 107, No. 7878

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

Between 11 and 20 pages

Repository(s)

• Gage County District Court (Beatrice, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• Langston, Gus (petitioner)
• Langston, Gus (bound party)
• Spaker, Henry (respondent)
• Spaker, Henry (holding party)
• Letton, C. B. (Charles B.) (judge)
• Callison, J. A. (authority ordering detention)
• Wasson, Hardy (petitioner attorney)
• Prout, F. N. (respondent attorney)

• Additional parties

  J. A. Weaver (clerk), H. L. Harper (clerk), Ayes Beyale (witness), Bratt Cobbey (witness), Heffelfinger Thomas (witness), Herhime Rutherford (witness)