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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1922 | Andy Byrd v. State | Fentress | Liquor Violation |
Unlawfully transporting intoxicating liquor. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 423 | 25 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1921 | Alf Hall v. State | Fentress | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Alf Hall was charged with illegally carrying a pistol and was sentenced to a fine of $50.00 and 90 days in the work house. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 429 | 28 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1919 | C. O. West v. State | Fentress | Murder | Middle | Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 141 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1892 | M. V. Huddleston and Rachel Conatser v. State | Fentress | Lewd Behavior |
For "unlawfully, openly, publicly, notoriously, recklessly amd scandalously did dwell, live and cohabit together as man and wife..." |
East | Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1750 | 22 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1922 | Robert Brooks v. State | Fentress | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
The plaintiff was charged with selling liquor within four miles of a schoolhouse, selling liquor without an oath or bond and transporting liquor from one point to another in Fentress County |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 401 | 23 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | R. B. Wright v. State | Fentress | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Opinion only. Wright was charged with selling liquor without license and convicted. He was fined $50 and sentenced to 6 months in County jail. The judgment was reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 827 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1854 | State v. Allen Smith | Fentress | Gambling | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 246 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1876 | State v. Belfry Brown | Fentress | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Brown was charged with carrying a navy pistol within the county. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 18a | 22 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1916 | State v. John G. Huddleston | Fentress | Murder | Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 91 | 200 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. Joel Pullins | Fentress | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 104 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1922 | State v. Grover Brown | Fentress | Manslaughter |
Guilty of involuntary manslaughter of Tinker Ledbetter, Nov. 10, 1920. Both parties had been drinking corn whiskey, visited home of Enoch Hood- a reputed gambler, for purpose of having a game. Found no one at home, defendant asked to fire his gun, doing so hit the deceased Ledbetter. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 437 | 70 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | State v. Jacob Culver | Fentress | Abduction |
Charged with abduction. Victim was Avery Franklin, wife of George W. Franklin. |
East | Range: 1 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1823 | 18 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. J. F.& W. F. Scott | Fentress | Nuisance |
Nuisance as overseer of a road in damage to the citizens of the state. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Evan D. Frogge & R. Richardson, et al | Fentress | Other |
Additional defendants: Sampson Evans, William Richardson, Thomas Riley, William C. Davidson, Thomas Beaty, and James Beeson. Cause for securities as sheriff in the amount of $20.79. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 14 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1875 | State v. Milton Davidson | Fentress | Assault and Battery |
Davidson was charged with malicious stabbing and originally sentenced to two years in prison. Cornelius Nicholas' testimony states that he & his brother had visited the Davidsons about going to Jamestown on an errand. Things became unfriendly & they began name calling, when Milton Davidson stabbed one of the Nicholas's in the shoulder. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 9 | 108 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1843 | State v. Leonard Murry | Fentress | Counterfeiting |
Defendant is accused of circulating a fraudulent bank bill of the Northern Bank of Kentucky. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Coonrod Crockett | Fentress | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 158 | 11 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1922 | State. V. Dewey Robbins | Fentress | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 175 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1860 | State v. George Smith | Fentress | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Defendants failed to put mail markers on the road to the danger of the citizenry at large. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 293 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1852 | State v. Evan D. Frogg | Fentress | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Specific charge "malicious shooting." |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 383 | 47 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1921 | State v. Joe Randolph | Fentress | Murder | Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 428 | 141 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1923 | State v. Will Wright, Will Reagan | Fentress | Liquor Violation |
Unlawful manufacture of whiskey for the purpose of sale. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 461 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1889 | State v. A. J. Frye and Virginia Miller | Fentress | Adultery |
Plaintiffs were indicted for "unlawfully, openly, publicly, notoriously, recklessly, and scandalously did dwell, live, and cohabit together as man and wife and in lewd acts of fornication and adultery" on July 1, 1888 until day of indictment, third Monday in November, 1888.Defendant alias Virginia Stepp. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1835 | 18 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | State v. Jacob Culver | Fentress | Abduction |
Charged with abduction. Victim was Avery Franklin, wife of George W. Franklin. |
East | Range: 1 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1823 | 18 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. William Pickard | Fentress | Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1915 | T. W. Nance, admr. of Andy Nance v. Fentress Coal & Coke Company | Fentress | Damages |
Andrew C. Nance, a motorman for the defendant, was killed on the job during an accident. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 118 | 0 | Order A Copy |