Judge Bellinger
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- Aug 16, 1893A Nighttime Divorce to Escape ViolenceA woman schedules her divorce hearing late at night to ensure her husband—who had threatened to kill her—would not be present to interfere.Seattle, WA
- Nov 29, 1893The Law That Vanished OvernightWhen a new legislative act replaced the state's logger's lien law, it inadvertently vaporized the legal standing of workers fighting for their unpaid wages.Seattle, WA
- Feb 3, 1894The Marriage of ConvenienceA federal judge bypasses exclusion laws by upholding a traditional Chinese proxy marriage for an immigrant woman.Seattle, WA
- Mar 7, 1894A Surprise Guilty Verdict in a Waterfront HoldupA jury convicts I. W. Tollman of highway robbery, while the trial of John Murphy for the same holdup of John Smith continues in Judge Bellinger's court.Seattle, WA
- Mar 10, 1894The Man Accused of Starting the Great Seattle Fire Gets a New Trial—and Denies He Did ItJ. W. Tollman, convicted of robbing a butcher, wins a new trial; he also confronts the old rumor that he knocked over the glue pot that burned Seattle in 1889.Seattle, WA
- Aug 25, 1894The Railroad That Went Broke Twice in Seven YearsA federal judge appoints W. D. Tyler receiver for the Washington & Columbia River line after $300,000 in missed interest payments.Walla Walla, WA