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Tennessee Supreme Court Cases
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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1912 | Author Gentry v. State | Carroll | Liquor Violation |
Violation of 4 mile law. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 908 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1912 | Blanch Bogle by next friend G. H. Bogle v. J. S. Leach | Carroll | Violation of Age of Consent |
Victim is the plaintiff. Case involves carnal knowledge of a minor. The accused is a 56-year-old mail carrier, justice of the peace, and Sunday school superintendent with children and grandchildren. Documents are in 2 folders. Exhibit 5, a large 1908 wall calendar located in Oversize Box 2. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 908 | 576 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1911 | State v. Bud Sellers | Carroll | Liquor Violation |
Cause of action: Selling liquor without a license. |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1235 | 68 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1912 | State v. Erve Buckhannon | Carroll | Liquor Violation |
The defendant sold liquor within four miles of a Tennessee school. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1303 | 26 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | State v. Doc Hampton | Carroll | Liquor Violation |
Doc Hampton was indicted for manufacturing for the purpose of selling intoxicating liquor including wine,spirtous and malt liquor. |
West | Range: 78 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1696 | 27 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1927 | State v. Illa Vinson | Carroll | Liquor Violation |
Vinson was charged (along with Nick Giles, Barney Fry, Johnie Fry, Tom Carter, Jack Duncan, Robert Aldridge, and Estis Williams) with unlawful possession of a still "and other apparatus used and intended to be used in the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor." |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1936 | 42 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1929 | State v. Audie Dunn | Carroll | Liquor Violation |
Dunn was charged, along with Neely Milum, "with possessing intoxicating liquors." |
West | Range: 77 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 2023 | 32 | Order A Copy |