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- Dec 3, 1891A Tramp's Alibi: Thirty Tumwater Witnesses and a Murder Conviction UndoneA poor itinerant tinker was jailed for a Tacoma murder until residents of a small Thurston County hotel town swore he was miles away. The state Supreme Court ordered a new trial.Tumwater, WA
- Apr 23, 1892The Railroad Came for the Tenant FarmersA Washington Supreme Court ruling in Seattle said a railroad owed a tenant for the leasehold, crops and buildings its tracks destroyed—not just the landlord for the dirt.Seattle, WA
- Dec 3, 1903A Missing Word Nearly Derailed Bellingham's First City ElectionWashington's Supreme Court ruled that Whatcom and Fairhaven could hold a combined city election in December 1903, reading past a clerk's drafting error to honor the legislature's intent.Olympia, WA