Greene
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- Sep 8, 1877The Clerk vs. The Judge: A Battle Over Legal AuthorityWhen a clerk in the Third Judicial District overstepped his bounds, a Chief Justice used the case of James Steel to affirm that only a judge possesses the power to declare the law.Seattle, WA
- Feb 5, 1887The 'Deep, Dark, Damnable Conspiracy' Against Women’s VotesIn 1887, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer mocked the 'absurd' suspicion that the Territorial Supreme Court, the President, and local newspapers were conspiring to disenfranchise women through judicial appointments.Seattle, WA
- Feb 28, 1893The 83-Ballot Deadlock: 'Either Allen or No One'In Olympia, John B. Allen’s Republican caucus held the line while Judge Humes and Levi Ankeny saw their candidacies frostbitten—and the ballots kept piling up.Olympia, WA
- Sep 14, 1894The Warden Fights Back: Prison Labor, Jute Sacks and a Seattle Newspaper ScandalAccused of selling prison-made sacks to middlemen and brutalizing convicts, Walla Walla’s warden answers his critics with a detailed defense—and a challenge to inspect the prison.Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla, WA