Unwritten Law cases weren't always a total moral failure

Published: May 18, 2020, 2 p.m.

A Linn County case with a strong element of self-defense, and a Malheur County child-abuse travesty that ended with a shotgun blast, were called Unwritten Law triumphs in the newspapers — but there were differences. (Linn and Malheur counties; 1908) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1509d.powell-n-brown-UnLaw.html)