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Scheuerman Block tile doorway, Cherry Street and 1st Avenue, Seattle, WA. Photograph taken by author, c. 2012.
More information on the Scheuerman block can be found online: https://web6.seattle.gov/DPD/HistoricalSite/QueryResult.aspx?ID=1105245408
Territory of Washington v James Smith, Jefferson County Criminal Case No. 1088, 1880
Territorial Washington jurists took up Nora Jewell's rape charges against her court-appointed guardian James Smith in 1880. The jury acquitted Smith even though local police officials testified on Nora's behalf.
Clara Woolsey v Administrator, Maricopa County Superior Court, Case No. 146, 1880
With her mother's support, Clara Woolsey sued for a portion of her father King Woolsey's estate. Although Arizona's miscegenation law made Clara and her siblings illegitimate heirs to Woolsey's estate, Clara did make a successful claim for $1000…
Fernandez vs. Arizona (1913)
Juan Fernandez appealed his conviction on the grounds that Dinah Hood's Yavapai grandmother was an incompetent witness. Arizona's Supreme Court justices disagreed, finding that she showed sufficient understanding of the trial proceedings and offered…
