Seattle Police Court liquor records, 1916-1926.

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Seattle Police Court liquor records, 1916-1926.

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Court dockets and index dealing with liquor-related cases heard in the Police Court. Police Court dockets summarizes cases related to illegal possession of alcohol prosecuted under municipal and state prohibition laws. Volumes contain information on both court cases and search warrants. Case information includes case number, blotter number, defendant name and address, defense attorney, bail, date and details of complaint, plea, and judgment. Search warrant information includes date issued, date returned, officer's name, and items seized. Requests for search warrants seem to have decreased in the later years of this series. Volume 1 is missing. Volume 11 contains shorter and less detailed forms than the earlier volumes. The index to the Docket Record of Liquor Cases (5602-01) lists cases related to illegal possession of alcohol by defendant name. Each entry includes the name and date, as well as the volume and page number where the case may be found in the Docket Record. Defendants are organized by first letter of their last name and then listed in order of their case number. Defendant names include both personal names and buildings (apartments, hotels, addresses). There are a large number of entries for the baggage rooms at King St. Station and Oregon & Washington Station (now known as Union Station).

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Seattle's Police Court was the forerunner to the current Municipal Court. The first judicial officer for Seattle was appointed by the City Council in 1875 from among the King County Justices of the Peace serving the Seattle Precinct. In 1886, a charter amendment made each Seattle Precinct Justice a Police Justice with jurisdiction over ordinance violations. The 1890 Freeholders Charter officially established a Police Court in the city. This provision was repealed in 1892, after an 1891 state law...