December Archives treasure #1: First Territorial Supreme Court case
Going back, back, back to our territorial days, Washington’s Supreme Court has heard hundreds of cases. So what was the first case ever heard by the Washington territorial high court? It was George Palmer v. United States, filed Dec. 14, 1854. The case involved the conviction of Palmer, who was charged with “selling and giving spirituous liquor to an Indian.” He was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 to the feds and spend three months in the County Jail….