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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1931 | B. F. Higgs v. City of Martin, et al. | Weakley | Ordinance Violation |
Addtl dfnts: L. G. McMillian, mayor; C. C. Warren, Marshall; and H. C. Corley, recorder. Higgs sued for the right to established a business (a gas service station) and residence on the same property. Exhibit is a plat of business houses and chaurch on Main St. between Broadway & McComb St. Map located in M-17-20. |
West | Range: 77 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 2098 | 78 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1913 | Guy Mullins v. State | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
Violation of the Four-Mile Law. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1307 | 38 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | Jim Puckett v. State | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
Selling liquor without a license |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 720 | 27 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1896 | State v. Arthur Moore | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
Cause of action: Violation of the 4 mile law; "Unlawfully sell and tipple intoxicating liquors including whiskey, wine, ale…as a beverage to be drunk at the place of sale within 4 miles of a school…". |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 429 | 32 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1912 | State v. P. R. Nolen & Guy Plate | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
Violation of the 4 mile law. Exhibit includes a local way bill from Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway for non alcoholic beverages. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 908 | 44 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1908 | State v. Wess Hawks | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
The defendant was charged with selling intoxicating liquors within four miles of a school house. |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1222 | 86 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1915 | State v. Ben Parker | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
The defendant was accused of unlawfully selling liquor within four miles of a schoolhouse. |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1382 | 24 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1927 | State v. Preston Hedge | Weakley | Violation of Age of Consent |
Hedge was charged with carnally knowing Bessie Powell. Additional case names: Jim Powell, Mrs. J. B. Powell, Auther Roach, J. C. Hedge, Sam Brundrige, N. A. Jones, R. P. Mayo, Earl McClain, Sam Dudley, Tillman Brann, D. B. Ridgway, George Cunningham, and George Wilson. |
West | Range: 77 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 2021 | 142 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1922 | State v. J. H. McClure | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
Defendant charged with violating the Bone Dry law by purchasing and having one quart of whiskey on his person. |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1727 | 49 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1922 | State v. Sharper Latham | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
Defendant was accused of possession of intoxicating liquor. The case was appealed due to the question of lawful search and seizure. |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1753 | 47 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1924 | State v. Curtis Norwood & Steve Owens | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
Defendants are accused of unlawfully manufacturing intoxicating liquors by assembling the necessary apparatus. |
West | Range: 78 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1841 | 51 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1925 | State v. John Bell | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
Charged with possessing 6 1/2 gallon of whiskey. Whiskey was received by him in 1917. Bell is noted as being "colored". |
West | Range: 78 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1801 | 151 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1887 | State v. Ned Jones | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
Cause of action: selling intoxicating beverage (whisky) within four miles of an incorporated institution of learning. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 312 | 16 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1894 | State v. Bill Capps | Weakley | Sabbath Violation |
Defendant had been indicted for working on Sunday. Witness testified that he had been seen plowing his turnip patch, cutting corn stalks & doing other farm work on Sundays several times during the year. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 579 | 26 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1908 | State v. Carl Crocker | Weakley | Violation of Age of Consent |
Victim: Lena Sudberry, age 15. She became pregnant by defendant. Defendant tried to prove that she was a lewd, bawd and kept female. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 940 | 41 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1908 | State v. Carl Crocker | Weakley | Violation of Age of Consent |
The defendant was accused of having sexual intercourse with Lena Sudberry, then fifteen years of age. |
West | Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 968 | 53 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1905 | State v. E. F. Mosely, alias Tobe Mosely | Weakley | Tax Violation | West | Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 987 | 22 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1911 | State v. Frank Taylor | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
Selling liquor within four miles of a school house and operating without a license. Liquor license included. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1051 | 75 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1929 | State v. Hale Williams | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
Williams was accused of tippling and selling an intoxicating liquor within four miles of a school. |
West | Range: 77 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1994 | 111 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1922 | State v. Scott Nowlin (col.) | Weakley | Liquor Violation | West | Range: 78 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1698 | 43 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1928 | State v. Brucie Harding | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
Cause of action: possessing a still for the purpose of manufacturing intoxicating liquor. |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1949 | 78 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1926 | State v. George Davis et al. | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
Additional defendants: Buford Lane, Clifford Davis, Alford Stone. All defendants are charged with possession and control of a still and other apparatus for the purpose of manufacturing liquor. |
West | Range: 77 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1922 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1923 | State v. Sidney Royster | Weakley | Violation of Age of Consent |
Sidney Royster, an overseas soldier of the World War, indicted for violating the age of consent law by having sexual relations with Zula Cole who was over 12 but under 21; Cole said they met a few times starting in 1919 and says she went willingly 2 folders. |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1765 | 184 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1923 | State v. Joe Laird | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
Laird was accused of being in violation of the "Bone Dry" law. |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1769 | 38 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1926 | State v. Luthur Gibbs | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
Gibbs was charged with violating the "four-mile" law. Luthur is also spelled Luther throughout the file. |
West | Range: 78 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1855 | 59 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1925 | State v. Seawood Thompson | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
Thompson was accused of tippling, selling, and distributing alcohol within four miles of a school house. Not on the cover, but within the case file Thompson is noted as "(Colored)". |
West | Range: 78 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1855 | 41 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1925 | State v. John Bell | Weakley | Liquor Violation |
Charged with possessing 5 gallons of whiskey. Whiskey was received by him in 1917. |
West | Range: 78 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1801 | 107 | Order A Copy |