Judge Robinson
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- Oct 21, 1891The Temperance Hall With a Deed That Wouldn't Let GoA judge voids a ruling on the Good Templars' Columbia Street property, reopening a fight over a free library, a moral clause, and which court had the power to decide.Olympia, WA
- Oct 23, 1891Her Wages Bought the House at Fourth and Plum. The Sheriff’s Deed Was Canceled.Elizabeth Burkett turned a $700 gift into a hotel and a home. When a Pierce County judgment against her husband threatened it, a Thurston County judge traced the property back to her own labor.Olympia, WA
- Oct 23, 1891He Was Not Going to the Asylum: How an Olympia Guardianship Case Was SettledPeterfield Turpin’s family asked the court for a guardian. Rumors flew that he would be committed and his estate seized. In open court, the parties explained—and settled.Olympia, WA
- Oct 28, 1891A Lincoln Judge Buried: Olympia Mourns C. C. HewittThe bar and superior court adjourn as pioneers honor the ex-chief justice of Washington Territory, remembered as a plain, honest man who served from the bench through stormy years.Olympia, WA
- Oct 28, 1891Four Years, Then a Federal Appeal: Lybarger Ordered to Walla WallaConvicted in Thurston County of a sexual offense against 13-year-old Elsie Patnude, John G. Lybarger loses his state appeal; his wife and father-in-law had posted $3,500 bail while the case dragged on.Olympia, WA
- Nov 7, 1891A Taxpayer Tries to Stop the City From Writing Checks It Can’t CoverFrancis Hoffman and the Olympia Hardware Company ask a judge to block further city warrants, arguing Olympia has blown past its debt limit.Olympia, WA
- Nov 27, 1891A Boy, a Boarding House, and Two Stolen Diamond RingsA missing quilt unravels into a ring theft, a confession behind jail bars, and a man bound over for the January court term.Olympia, WA
- Dec 2, 1891Olympia Puts Its Bond Mess on Ice—and the Mayor ObjectsA council committee recommends leaving the 1891 bond tangle to the next administration; the mayor warns the city is “in a mud hole” and wants the courts to force a decision.Olympia, WA
- Dec 4, 1891A Newspaper Opens a Fund So Poor Men Can Afford the Keeley CureThe Tribune sets a contribution box at Main and Fourth for Olympia residents too poor to pay for the Keeley Institute's addiction treatment, seeding the fund with $5 and naming a committee to vet applicants.Olympia, WA
- Dec 21, 1891The Keeley Cure Comes to OlympiaOlympia's Keeley Institute promises release from drink, and the Tribune opens a discreet charity fund for patients who cannot pay.Olympia, WA
- Dec 23, 1891The Tunnel Under Seventh Street: Two Property Owners Take On the RailroadCaptain Hatch seeks $10,000 and J. A. Silsby $5,000, blaming the Northern Pacific's new tunnel for damage to their buildings — while the railroad insists the city, not the company, should pay.Olympia, WA
- Dec 31, 1891A Saloon Debt, a Partnership, and a Judge’s Ruling on FraudA Tacoma liquor wholesaler tried to attach Olympia and Tenino saloons over $700; the court said the property shuffle wasn’t enough to prove fraudulent intent.Olympia, WA
- Jan 5, 1892Four Shirts, Soft Hands, and Ten Years: Olympia Sends a Window-Smasher to the PenitentiaryA burglar who broke into two downtown jewelry stores and made off with a watch and some plated ware gets the maximum from Judge Robinson — and nearly faints when he hears it.Olympia, WA
- Jan 5, 1892The Judge Who Refused to Step AsideIn Thurston County court, Judge Robinson denies a change of venue in the Minkler case, rejecting claims that county prejudice or a newspaper feud had compromised him.Olympia, WA
- Jan 21, 1892The Judicial Terror of ChehalisA judge known for opening court at daybreak wanders into the wrong building, scaring the daylights out of the local bailiffs.Olympia, WA