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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 | 1860 | Richard Hayworth v. State | Grainger | Assault and Battery |
Richard Hayworth, Jr. & Calvin Hayworth & found Rachel Mallecoate & Angelina Hughs, mentally disabled, were washing clothes. Richard poked Hughs with a stick on the hips making lewd references. The women who testified were discounted by other witnesses as lewd & discreditable. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 9 | 18 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | State v. Joseph Rich et al | Grainger | Assault and Battery |
Victim: William Rayle & others. Add. Defendants: David Rich, Thomas Stroud, Amos Stroud, Samuel Preston, Thomas Whiteside, Murphy Boatman, Grant Taylor, William Song, Solomon Shipley, William McDaniel, Harris Turley, John Turley, others. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 680 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1848 | State v. Aaron McGinnis | Grainger | Assault and Battery |
Victim: John Dalton |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1100 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1848 | State v. Polly Goins & John Goins | Grainger | Assault and Battery |
A jury convicted Polly, a 12-year-old girl, of assault & battery against Sarah Taylor, described as "a small girl." John Goins was also charged but the jury found him not guilty. Witnesses: Sarah & William Taylor. Court then discharged Polly, finding she was legally incapable of committing the crime because she was under 14, despite evidence that she knew right from wrong & that she acted in revenge against Sally. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1142 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1944 | State v. Cleason Spoon | Grainger | Assault and Battery |
Defendant charged with assaulting G. W. Clark with a deadly weapon. Verdict of guilty, upheld on appeal. |
East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 331 | 157 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | State v. William S. Creed | Grainger | Assault and Battery |
Creed charged with beating, wounding, and ill-treating John C. Williams. Jury found Cree guilty and fined him $10 plus cost of the lawsuit. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1198 | 26 | Order A Copy |