Seattle Justice Court Liquor Search Dockets 1923-1944 1923-1932

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Seattle Justice Court Liquor Search Dockets 1923-1944 1923-1932

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv29425

Record of warrants issued by Justice Court to search for illegally possessed alcohol during Prohibition era.

8 volumes

eng,

City of Seattle SeattleMunicipal Archives

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