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605 stories matching appeal
- The High Stakes Battle Over White Bluffs Water
A complex legal struggle over water rights enters a new phase after a presiding judge is disqualified from the appeal.
- Trapped by the Law's Delay
Antonio Bojar remains imprisoned longer than his sentence because of a stalled appeal process.
- The Ex-Treasurer's Appeal Stalled Over Unpaid Court Fees
Adolph Krug, sentenced to seven years for embezzling while Seattle city treasurer, failed to perfect his Supreme Court appeal—because the clerk's fees went unpaid.
- The Barr Murder Case Appeals
Fresh affidavits in the murder trial of Barr challenge the character of a key witness, hinting at a potential appeal for executive clemency.
- The Water War at Priest Rapids
A high-stakes legal battle over irrigation rights heads to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, leaving local growers in suspense.
- Fifty Murders, Not One Hanging: Seattle Puts Its Courts on Trial
A Post-Intelligencer editorial argues that endless technical appeals have made King County a place where killers walk free — and warns that the resulting public fury is the courts' own fault.
- A Judge Calls the County-Seat Law ‘Nefarious’
Judge Ballinger dismisses Snohomish’s appeal over moving the county seat to Everett, blasting officials for defiance and the legislature for a law that leaves the court powerless.
- Four Years, Then a Federal Appeal: Lybarger Ordered to Walla Walla
Convicted 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.
- The Divorce Wrangle That Nearly Jailed a Seattle Statesman
John Considine avoids six weeks in the county jail after posting a hefty bond in a high-stakes divorce contempt case.
- The Failed Heist of the First Bank of White Bluffs
After eighteen months in legal limbo, an attempted safe-cracker faces his sentence, while his two accomplices remain missing.
- A Missionary, a Forged Petition, and the Fight Over a Puyallup Church
Rev. M. G. Mann was suspended for slander after questioning a document that put a new missionary in charge of Native church affairs at the Puyallup Reservation. He appealed to the Presbyterian synod, and the case became a local cause of comment.
- The Judge Turned Off Tacoma’s Water
An unpaid condemnation judgment gave one man the power to shut down the city’s creeks—and the fashionable North End faced a water famine.
- The Marriage Defense
A lawyer attempts to delay a murder trial by arguing that the defendant is still legally married to the state's star witness.
- Try Masel and Risk Contempt, Council Is Warned
Attorney John Wiley says an appeal has stayed the case against the deposed fire commissioner—and that city officials could be hauled before the supreme court if they proceed.
- The $17,500 Stare-Down at the Agricultural College
A former treasurer refused to release college funds, a Tacoma contractor claimed the low bid was skipped, and the attorney general said the appeal clock had run out.
- The Price of a Federal Court Case
After facing trial and a fine in a federal court, A. J. Lilie opts to pay up rather than take his chances with an appeal to the Territorial Supreme Court.
- The Iron Hotel: Seattle's Jail Let Convicted Killers Wait Out the Law
A 1905 exposé inside the King County jail found convicted murderers lingering for years in a steel cage while appeals stalled, one prisoner fashioning a pistol from a shoe shank and escaping, and taxpayers footing the bill.
- The Burglar Who Asked for Prison, Then Fought to Stay Out
Eugene Kelly and Charles Amos were convicted of stealing machinery from a Vashon Island brickyard. Amos had plotted to kill a jailer; when put in irons, he begged to begin his sentence—then changed his mind and appealed.
- The Detective Who Sued His Way Back to the Force
After being fired for searching a home without a warrant, a Seattle detective spent over a year battling the police department in court, finally securing his job and back pay.
- The Campaign to Push Japanese Workers Out of Mukilteo
The 'All-American League' sends a petition to the Crown Lumber Company demanding the dismissal of immigrant workers.
- The Fight to Save Nordstrom: Money, Friends, and a Legal Race Against the Noose
Convicted of murder and sentenced to hang, C. Nordstrom finds a network of supporters—including the Swedish consul—raising funds for a last-ditch appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- The Battle Over Snohoish County Timber Land
A definitive government ruling reshapes the future of land rights in Washington Territory.
- The Navy Yard Cold War: Seattle Fights for Bremerton
When the Navy Department put the Puget Sound Navy Yard under the ban, local business leaders suspected a California-led conspiracy to siphon influence away from Washington State.
- The Groom, the Bride, and the Exclusion Act
After being ordered deported, a Chinese merchant successfully fights the federal government to reunite with his wife.
- The Fight for Hanford's Water
Local water right owners resolve to keep their legal battle for irrigation rights alive all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.