Judge Pritchard
Named in 12 stories. Back to all names
- May 9, 1893Habeas Corpus Intervention for Chinese MerchantsA local judge intervenes to stop the deportation of Chinese merchants aboard the SS Victoria in Tacoma harbor.Port of Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
- Jun 6, 1893Judge Hanford and the Legal Battle for ExclusionA federal judge asserts authority over state court interference in the deportation of Chinese individuals arriving in Tacoma.Tacoma, WA
- Dec 14, 1893A Judge Draws the Line: Unions May Bargain, Not BullyIn a Tacoma courtroom, Judge Pritchard rules that workingmen may set their own terms — but cannot force an employer's hand through threats.Tacoma, WA
- Jun 2, 1894The Jury That Refused the JudgeThree Tacoma jurors face contempt charges after defying a court order to deliver a verdict they claimed went against their own judgment.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 3, 1894Tacoma’s Electric Light WarA private power company accuses the city of selling light below cost to drive it out of business—and of a local editor gagging the story because he runs his own hotel plant.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 10, 1894The City Against the Light CompanyA judge threatens Tacoma's public works board with contempt as the city and a private electric company go to war over rates — and a newspaper editor with his own private electrical plant gets called out in the process.Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA
- Sep 18, 1894The Silver Fight Waiting Inside Spokane’s Republican ConventionNine Supreme Court hopefuls, three congressional candidates, and a free-silver bloc turn Washington’s 1894 state convention into a backroom brawl before it even opens.Auditorium, Spokane, WA
- Sep 18, 1894Republicans Ride to Spokane to Pick Judges — and to Fight Over SilverThe state GOP gathers September 19 to nominate two congressmen and two supreme court justices. But the real contest is over a free-silver plank, pushed hard by the mining counties around Spokane.Spokane, WA
- Jan 25, 1895Deadlock in Olympia: A Governor Says No and the Senate Seat Stays EmptyGovernor McGraw refuses a U.S. Senate seat, George Turner is pushed forward, and Ankeny's backers dig in as Populists threaten to break the deadlock.Olympia, WA
- Jan 28, 1895Two Weeks In, Still No Senator: Olympia's Republicans Tire of the Ankeny FightThe legislature has been in session a fortnight and Washington still has no United States senator. A colleague's insulting letter blows up, the Wilson and Allen camps fold, and a caucus is called to force the thing to an end.Olympia Hotel, Olympia, WA
- Apr 9, 1895Tacoma's Million-Dollar Water Deal Was Built on Bribery, Suit AllegesA city lawsuit over the purchase of a light and water plant charged that officials and the company colluded to hide the property's true value before taxpayers bought it.Tacoma, WA
- May 1, 1895Tacoma Sues Its Ex-Treasurer Over Public Money Lost in Failed BanksThe city argues George W. Boggs should answer for funds left in banks that collapsed — but a judge rules the council had no right to name depositories in the first place.Tacoma, WA