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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1949 | Alf Wheelock v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
Selling whiskey. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 139 | 47 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Bill Reese v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possessing Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 113 | 35 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1949 | Bob Coffee v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
Selling whiskey. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 139 | 67 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1949 | Bill Bowman v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 148 | 78 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1926 | Beatrice Wade v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
Order only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 68 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1942 | Bill Barnett v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possession of Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 117 | 26 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Clay Renfro v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possessing Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 113 | 51 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Cecil Crowe v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possession of Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 117 | 57 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1949 | Chester Bradley, alias Custer Bradley v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
Possessing whiskey. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 139 | 42 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1946 | Clay Johnson v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 150 | 58 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1939 | Don Kelly v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possession of Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 115 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1948 | Dewey Lilly v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possessing Whiskey." |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 123 | 34 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1947 | E. K. Godsey v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 148 | 36 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1949 | George William Hyatt v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possessing Whiskey." |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 123 | 50 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Hexie Fair v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Transporting Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 117 | 43 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1942 | H. C. Coffman v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possession of Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 117 | 26 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1921 | J. C. Daugherty v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he unlawfully transported whiskey. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1939 | Jim Elliott v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possession of Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 117 | 60 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | J. L. Hyder v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he stored liquor illegally. Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1947 | James Kennedy v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 146 | 147 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Lyle McClain v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possession of Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 115 | 40 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1947 | O'Dell Hall v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possession and Selling of Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 115 | 56 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1939 | Paul Good v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 144 | 42 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1947 | Robert Glass v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possession of Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 115 | 84 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | State v. Nathan Honeycutt | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possession of Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 115 | 42 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1947 | State v. E. K. Godsey | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possession of Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 115 | 63 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1945 | State v. Harry Miller | Washington | Violation of Age of Consent |
Assignments of error only, case summary not included. Victim: Helen Richardson. |
East | Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 759 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1936 | State v. H. L. Barrett | Washington | Violation of Age of Consent |
Defendant indicted and found guilty of "violating the age of consent" upon Lena Grant, 13 years old. Prior to the incident Barrett, an ex-soldier & tramp printer, had been examined at 2 hospitals & diagnosed with dementia praecox. His condition was not considered serious enough to warrant confinement. The Grants rented from Barrett, who boarded with them. Under the terms of their agreement the Grants were to keep the defendant's room clean, a task which usually fell to their daughter, Lena. |
East | Range: 8 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 889 | 38 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1926 | State v. Beatrice Wade | Washington | Liquor Violation |
Cause of Action: Violating Liquor Laws. |
East | Range: 6 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 403 | 34 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | State v. Claude Scalf | Washington | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 758 | 40 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | State v. Dona Shipley | Washington | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 758 | 42 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1928 | Thad Shipley v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor illegally. Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 20 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1694 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Tom Nelson v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possessing Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 113 | 52 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1947 | Thurman Patrick v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 146 | 37 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1870 | William Henry Maxwell v. State | Washington | Tax Violation |
Incomplete case file. It appears that there is a question of the constitutionality of a tax law passed on March 18, 1868. The court ruled that the law is constitutional and that Maxwell, an attorney, be made to pay. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1238 | 9 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | Walter Smith v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
Deputy Scott Vines arrested Smith after Smith tossed away a box--while Vines was running after him. The deputy later examined the box, smelled liquor, and arrested Smith. Some members of the jury sampled the evidence. The trial took place while Prohibition was still in effect. |
East | Range: 10 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1450 | 44 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1933 | Walter Smith v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
Smith was in the basement of the courthouse with box under his arm when he saw his friend, Scott Vines, a law enforcement officer, come in. Smith panicked, dropped the box, and ran out of the building. The officer opened the box and found a quart of whiskey. |
East | Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1534 | 11 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1948 | Warren Parker v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possessing and Selling Whiskey." |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 123 | 43 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1947 | Wilbur Arp v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
Possessing whiskey. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 139 | 46 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | William O. Phillips v. Mayor and Alderman of Johnson City | Washington | Ordinance Violation |
Plaintiff Phillips sued the Mayor and Alderman of Johnson City for enacting and enforcing an amendment to the local liquor ordinances that required places that sell liquor and malt beverage to close between 6:30 and 8 pm depending on the month. Phillips claimed this was a violation of his rights as a licensed liquor purveyor and overstepped the authority of the municipality. Phillips also opposed the raise in the fine for a violation, which included $25 to the person who informed the police. |
East | Range: 19 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1808 | 197 | Order A Copy |