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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1915 | J. Hugh Macrum v. State | Dickson | Assault and Battery | Middle | Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 130 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1841 | State v. Thomas Davis | Dickson | Assault and Battery | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 205 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1848 | State v. John Mitchell | Dickson | Recognizance |
Case related to State v. Adam Darrow. Mitchell assured the recognizance of Adam Darrow, who was indicted for larceny. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 11 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Adam Darrow | Dickson | Larceny |
Case related to State v. John Mitchell, as Darrow was placed in Mitchell's recognizance. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1875 | State v. J. D. Thomas | Dickson | Other |
Thomas was accused of shooting a cow that belonged to Ann Tidwell. Cause of action: Wounding beast. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 18a | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1921 | State v. Jesse Thomas | Dickson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Thomas Ethridge. Additional parties: Elizabeth Thomas. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 152 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | State v. Andrew White | Dickson | Murder |
The State charged White with the assault and premeditated murder of James Cloudy. White was charged also with larceny for the theft of Cloudy's horse. The jury found him guilty of murder and sentenced him to death by hanging. There is detailed testimony about the crime. White's defense attempted to plea insanity. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1108 | 127 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1882 | State v. Thomas Kendregon | Dickson | Larceny | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 367 | 3 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1921 | State v. Robert Blacksmith (col.) | Dickson | Murder |
Robert Blacksmith (col.), Ed. Blacksmith (col.) "unlawfully, willfully, deliberately, premeditatedly, and maliciously made an assault on the body of one Neil Collier (col.) with a rock, inflicting deep, dangerous and mortal wounds." |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 409 | 70 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1923 | State v. S. R. Gibson | Dickson | Arson |
Unlawfully and maliciously setting fire to and burning the depot of the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway at Burns, Tennessee. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 470 | 152 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1922 | State v. Dick Taylor, et al | Dickson | Violation of Age of Consent |
Additional defendant: Jim Taylor |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 470 | 44 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | State v. James E. Neblett | Dickson | Murder |
Victim: Calvin Mabon, who was stabbed & died from his injuries. Different spelling on victims last name "Rabon" |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 508 | 157 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1866 | State v. Thomas Smith (col.) | Dickson | Larceny |
Judgment only. Case incomplete. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 726 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1882 | State v. Marshall Clark | Dickson | Bigamy |
Incomplete case file. Transcript of judgment only. Plaintiff pardoned by Gov. Hawkins. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 758 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1893 | State v. C. R. Daniel | Dickson | Murder, 2nd degree |
Daniel was accused of killing Jas. Thomasson(variously Thomason) during an assault with a pistol. Daniel was hired to be in charge of the road at "Vanlier" [Vanleer?]. Thomason took and used a handcar belonging to the company, claiming Daniel's wife gave the permission. Daniel reported the incident, and Thomason threatened to kill him. On the day of the killing, Thomason used vulgar and obscene language toward dfnt and wife, noting he would "knock the s--t" out of dfnt. After an altercation, dfnt fired. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 957 | 136 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1831 | State v. Jonathan Miller | Dickson | Assault |
The defendant was accused of stabbing Nicholas Baker. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 193 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1875 | State v. J. E. Fussell | Dickson | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Very little information pertaining to the case within these documents. Incomplete case file. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 13 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1875 | State v. Holloway M. Seals | Dickson | Murder |
Holloway was accused of assaulting James Jones, beating him with a maul. Although Jones was able to stand following the incident, and return to his father's house, he died six weeks later. Jones' father testified that Seales accused Jones of owing him money for constructing a coffin for Jones' son six months earlier, but Jones protested. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 13 | 272 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1843 | State v. Huel Parish, admr. of Wyatt Parish | Dickson | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Defendant is accused of not properly filing his records with the County Clerk, as is his duty as the administrator of Wyatt Parish. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1869 | State v. Luke Watkins | Dickson | Gambling | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 284 | 13 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1915 | State v. Ollie Brown | Dickson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Assault on Ephram Cooksey. Clayton Clifton also charged but not tried with Brown. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 362 | 29 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | State v. Em Still | Dickson | Larceny | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 367 | 3 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1885 | State v. John Grace | Dickson | Murder |
Victim: D. W. Price. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 558 | 93 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. William Stitt | Dickson | Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1924 | State v. J. D. Hall | Dickson | Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of |
Hall was accused of transporting more than one gallon of intoxicating liquor on the road from Heloise leading to Dyersburg. |
West | Range: 78 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1829 | 107 | Order A Copy |