Beals, Walter B.

Walter B. Beals was born in St. Paul, MN in 1876. He moved to the Washington Territory with his family that same year. He graduated from the University of Washington's School of Law in 1901. After graduation, he went into private practice in Seattle, Wash. Mr. Beals served in the United States Army in World War I. After the War, he served as a King County judge, Washington State Supreme Court judge and Chief Justice of the Court 1933-34 and 1945-46. In October 1946, he took a leave of absence to serve as a judge in the U.S. Nuremburg Military Tribunals. Judge Beals was the Presiding Judge over the American military tribunal's criminal proceedings at the International Military Tribunal I, from 1946-47. He retired in 1951. He passed away in 1960.

From the description of Walter B. Beals' papers, 1932. (Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State). WorldCat record id: 212221907

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