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The files located in the Tennessee Supreme Court Cases represent an especially valuable resource for historical and genealogical research at the Tennessee State Library and Archives [TSLA].
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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1916 | Annie Mae Bell v. State | Warren | Murder |
Murder of Charlie Roach. Involving Raymond French. Annie Mae Bell also spelled Annie Mae Bell. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 163 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Bush Blackburn v. State | Warren | Larceny |
Plaintiff in error, also known as Bush Settle and Bushrod (?) Settle, along with John B. Smith is accused of taking several suits, pocket knives, handkerchiefs, boots, stamps, scissors, a watch, jewelry and shoes from a store owned by N. G. Maddox. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 834 | 63 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | David Darnell v. State | Warren | Appeal for New Trial |
In the original case, Darnell was accused of unlawfully, willfully and feloniously and maliciously assaulting, beating and wounding a person with a unlawful and deadly weapon which was held in the hand with the malicious and felonious intent to kill and murder against the peace of the state. This is an appeal for a new trial. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 747 | 78 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1819 | Heirs of William White v. Commissioner of McMinnville | Warren | Land, Sale of |
Dispute over the sale of a plot of land in Warren County |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 366 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Harris Maze v. State | Warren | Theft | Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 682 | 30 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1881 | John Green, in error v. State | Warren | Larceny |
The State charged Green with the theft of a mule valued at $75. The circuit court jury sentenced him to three years hard labor at the state penitentiary. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1149 | 75 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | John A. Miller v. State | Warren | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: M. D. Smith alias Watt Smith. Assault with loaded pistol. Minus Miller listed as additional defendant |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 690 | 127 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1919 | Jim H. Barrett v. State | Warren | Murder |
Murdered Polk Smartt, African American |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 128 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Jesse Fults v. State | Warren | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | Middle | Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 158 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1925 | J. H. Mallory v. Warren County Construction Company | Warren | Injury and Damages | Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 478 | 84 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1889 | John Cassick (col.) v. State | Warren | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
This is an appeal from the plaintiff in error who was accused of carrying a pistol. The case file includes testimony from James Marler who is a deputy sheriff in Warren County and is noted to live at Mrs. Brown's boarding house, as well as testimony from O. E. Argo who is a policeman in McMinnville, Tennessee. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 814 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1915 | Oliver Looper v. State | Warren | Larceny |
The charge is larceny of 25 bushels of wheat. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 134 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | State v. Black et al. | Warren | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Additional defendants: William Blake, Robert Black, and Henry Pennington. Black also charged with recognizance. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1854 | State v. Asabel Rains& John Graham | Warren | Breaking and Entering | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 244 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1878 | State v. H. J. King | Warren | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. King was accused of stabbing B. N. Myers. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 26 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | State v. Henry Brown | Warren | Murder, Attempted |
Brown was accused of attempting to kill G. J. Berry with a knife. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 30 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | State v. George W. Shrader | Warren | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Additional parties: James Rogers and W. T. Murry. Indicted for malicious stabbing of John Macon. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 29 | 77 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | State v. Andrew Hopkins | Warren | Larceny, Grand |
Hopkins was accused of breaking into a store house belonging to A. L. Comer. He was accused of stealing from the store house and carrying away goods he took from inside. These goods included shovels, fabric, coats, and boots. Hopkins was identified as a black man by witnesses. Major evidence included mud found in Hopkin's shoe tread that matched footprints found near the crime scene. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 35 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | State v. Momo Martin | Warren | Larceny |
Mr. Martin, an African-American man, was convicted in 1874 for stealing two sides of bacon valued at $3 from Nancy Biles. The second count was for stealing an additional two sides. The third count was for stealing eight sides of bacon and four shoulders valued at $15. Martin said he was unable to get a fair trial in Warren county. The bacon was described as having been gnawed by cats then hung up using dried grass. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 35a | 64 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | State v. Ed Nunnely | Warren | Keeping a Billard Table | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 43 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1880 | State v. E. C. Wilson | Warren | Larceny |
Victim: William Sanders and James Sanders Jr. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 56 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | State v. Polk Boner& Will Martin | Warren | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The victim, Tom Cutts, |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 102a | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1920 | State v. A. Z. Holder | Warren | Aiding and Abetting |
The victim was Hazel Lee. A.Z Holder also went by the name of Bud Holder. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 147 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1920 | State v. George Holder | Warren | Rape | Middle | Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 157 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Charlie Newby | Warren | Liquor Violation |
Charge selling intoxicating liquor within four miles of a schoolhouse. See also Docket Nos. 27276 (MT 152), 27277 (same box), and 27278 (MT 397), which deal with associated cases. |
Middle | Range: 27 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 68 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Charlie Newby | Warren | Liquor Violation |
Charge is unlawfully manufacturing intoxicating liquor. See also Docket Nos. 27275 and 27277 (MT 68 and 27278 (MT 397), which deal with related cases. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 152 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1856 | State v. John Ramsey | Warren | Other |
Defendant is being tried for not maintaining a strip of road he had responsibility over. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 259 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | State v. George Bomar | Warren | Sabbath Violation |
Defendant is charged with doing business on a Sunday. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 273 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1866 | State v. John E. Medley | Warren | Slaves, Unlawful Assembly |
Defendant is charged with unlawfully assembling slaves on his property, providing them with liquor, and generally disturbing the peace. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | State v. Thomas Harrison | Warren | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 302 | 9 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1821 | State v. Elizabeth Fields | Warren | Murder |
Victim: William Gist |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 360 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. Crusoe French | Warren | Larceny | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 367 | 4 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. Bryant Stroud | Warren | Larceny |
Sentenced to eighteen months in the state penitentiary |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 368 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | State v. Henry Hull | Warren | Slaves, Selling of |
Henry Hull brought slaves from Virginia to Tennessee and began selling them. The state found that he did not have the authority to sale these slaves. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 371 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1920 | State v. Hiram Newby | Warren | Liquor Violation | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 397 | 253 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1920 | State v. Hiram Newby | Warren | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 397 | 23 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Colonel Vinson | Warren | Perjury |
Indictment of perjury, re: trial of George Holder on the charge of rape of Hazel Lee, a female of the age of seventeen years. Alleged rape occurred on the McMinnville - Shelbyville Pike near a spring known as the "Anderson Spring," 1919, and the Henegar Place. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 409 | 105 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | State v. Elmer Dunlap | Warren | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Assault and battery on John E. Jaco, 21 May 1922, in Campaign, Warren Co., TN. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 461 | 74 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | State v. John Beach | Warren | Assault |
The State charged Beach with assault and profanity for threatening Mack Milton with a knife, cursing, and threatening to return with his "crowd" to kill Mack, Henry Melton, and H. M. Rogers. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1147 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | State v. S. A. Fry | Warren | Arson |
The State charged the defendant with arson for burning down the house and barn of George Stroud about a quarter mile northwest of Morrison. See MT 1174 for additional materials (161 of 463 pages). |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1072 | 463 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | State v. William and Victor Hillis | Warren | Murder |
The State charged the defendants with the murder of Carroll Martin during an attempt to rob his family. The State theorized that they were "blacked and in disguise…or else in fact, negroes." Before charging the defendants, black residents were rounded up for identification but the daughter could not ID the perpetrators. Then white suspects were pursued. The venue was moved from Van Buren to Warren County and resulted in a hung jury. At the second circuit trial they were convicted of first degree murder. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1070 | 574 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1823 | State v. James Cain | Warren | Assault with Force and Arms |
Includes Scire Facias petition. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 365 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Will Mitchell | Warren | Other |
Cause of Action: attempted rape of a child under 10 years old. Victim: Georgie Tompkins. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 553 | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. Sam Smith, alias Samuel Smith, et al. | Warren | Murder |
Additional Defendant: Gefferson Smith, alias Geff Smith. Victim: Dock Shelton, alias W. F. Shelton |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 578 | 177 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | State v. James Poe | Warren | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
The defendant was charged with carrying a pistol. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 671 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | State v. Allen Warner | Warren | Robbery |
Incomplete case file. Two judgments included. Second judgment is for assault with intent to commit murder. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | State v. Hatton Malone | Warren | Burglary and Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Noted on the document that he died. No date given for death. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 738 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | State v. Adam Towles (col.) & Thomas Ramsey | Warren | Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Copy of judgment only. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 758 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | State v. J. Fletch Woodward, et al. | Warren | Murder |
Hon. W. P. Hickerson, Judge, 6th Judicial Circuit. John J. Lowry, Circuit Court Clerk, Warren Co. Additional defendants: Gilbert Flynn, James Flynn; murder of Enoch Cooksey |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 172 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | State v. Columbus Hammer | Warren | Disturbing the Peace |
Indicted by a grand jury for disturbing the peace at an "an assembly for literacy or educational purposes." Defendant moved to quash the indictment with a plea in abatement challenging the testimony of a grand jury witness, J.J. Nomack. Defendant could not write his own name on the court papers instead making his mark, an X, on the them. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 25 | 11 | Order A Copy |