Judge Winn
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- Sep 21, 1893Corruption Scandal Sweeps WhatcomFormer city officials are arrested for embezzlement while the community demands a grand jury to investigate municipal rot.Bellingham, WA
- Sep 23, 1893Boodle and Bust in WhatcomAn embattled treasurer and a jailed clerk highlight a city spiraling into scandal as citizens call for a grand jury.Bellingham, WA
- Feb 16, 1894The Deadly Spring Gun of WhatcomA man who set a loaded trap for intruders in his cabin faces a murder conviction, setting a major legal precedent for property defense.Squalicum Creek, Bellingham, WA
- Feb 17, 1894The Woodchopper Who Rigged a Gun—and the Murder Trial That FollowedNewell S. Barr's cabin trap killed a would-be intruder in Whatcom; his lawyer vowed to take the property-defense question to the Supreme Court.Bellingham, WA
- Mar 9, 1894Whatcom's 'Honest Phil' Found Guilty of Embezzling City FundsA Whatcom County jury rejects Philip Isensee's claim that missing public money was a mystery, convicting the official known as 'Honest Phil' after a hard-fought trial.Bellingham, WA
- Mar 21, 1894Populist Insult Sparks Contempt FineA citizen confronted a judge on the street, accusing him of taking bribes, leading to an immediate court-ordered fine.Bellingham, WA