Justice Snyder
Named in 6 stories. Back to all names
- Feb 2, 1878The Simple Logic of a Territorial DivorceA jilted husband pens a candid letter to a Justice of the Peace, asking how to dissolve his marriage and if the court might offer a replacement wife.Seattle, WA
- Feb 23, 1878The Sad Case of the Shoe-Snatching PrisonerA man’s desperate theft of footwear ends in a courtroom, highlighting the meager choices available to the poor in 1870s Seattle.Seattle, WA
- Mar 16, 1878The Price of Living 'Down on the Sawdust'A Seattle laborer was fined $5 after evicting his partner for public intoxication, offering a stark look at the criminalization of poverty and survival in the 1870s.Seattle waterfront, Seattle, WA
- May 18, 1878The Pen and the Pistol: A Seattle Saloon BrawlWhen an editor’s satirical writing sparked a public confrontation on Mill Street, a local developer settled the score with a revolver—until his target managed to disarm him.Yesler Way, Seattle, WA
- Aug 15, 1878Domestic Violence in 1878 SeattleA man is fined for a violent assault on his partner, highlighting the grim reality behind the era's dismissive legal language.Seattle, WA
- Aug 29, 1878The Opium Smuggler in the Beer HallA steamship engineer is arrested in a Seattle saloon, highlighting the city's early, tense relationship with the maritime opium trade.Main Street, Seattle, WA