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The files located in the Tennessee Supreme Court Cases represent an especially valuable resource for historical and genealogical research at the Tennessee State Library and Archives [TSLA].
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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1928 | C. O. Manning v. State | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of "Assault with intent to commit Voluntary Manslaughter." Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1928 | Everett Tudor v. State | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of "Assault with intent to commit Voluntary Manslaughter." Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1928 | J. H. Lee v. State | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of "Assault with intent to commit Murder in the Second Degree." Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1939 | Jesse Vickers v. State | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill | East | Range: 6 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 314 | 113 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1927 | Louis Curry v. State | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Final Decree only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 72 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1929 | Luther Wilder v. State | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Case also includes a charge of Voluntary Manslaughter. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Nat Harry v. State | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The incident took place in Carpenter's Saloon on 628 Market St in Chattanooga. Harry was charged with shooting W. R. Jenkins with a pistol in the first degree. Charles Hodges was also charged. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 81 | 76 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1941 | Roy Taylor v. State | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Taylor is accused of assaulting Tom J. Rogers with a club with intent to kill. Rogers and Tylor had a disagreement about a ownership of a mower and then Taylor accused Rogers of shooting his dog. |
East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 326 | 91 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1949 | State v. Bert Kaylor | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Verdict: Guilty, affirmed on appeal to Supreme Court. |
East | Range: 6 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 375 | 112 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1945 | State v. John Davidson | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: C. R. Ball. |
East | Range: 6 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 481 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1901 | State v. Julius Gibson | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Brief for the state lays out the facts of the case. Defendant shot prosecutor Charlie Williams 3 times for no reason. Williams fell, but Gibson dry-fired the pistol at him twice more. According to the shooter, Williams had mistreated Gibson's sister. The state admitted that the prosecutor did indeed follow her through a field & woodland, "perhaps for the purpose of soliciting accommodations from her". It stated that "she was or had been a lewd woman, and this was known to the prosecutor." |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 808 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | State v. Benjamin T. Thrower | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Thrower assaulted and attempted to murder Alexander Milliken. Thrower went to Milliken to collect money owed him. Thrower cursed and abused Milliken's wife, Milliken quickly paid him. Thrower came back later asking if Milliken would protect his wife. Milliken got his gun. Thrower left and came back with a gun. Thrower swore to kill Milliken and that he had a spite with him ever since they were in Mexico. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1173 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | State v. Walter Hines | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Hines found guilty of assault w/intent to commit 2nd degree murder of M. McGrill, using blunt instrument; sentenced to 5 yrs in penitentiary. McGrill assaulted & robbed in morning at his grocery store at 23rd & Chestnut in Chattanooga. Assault occurred as he stooped down to get dime's worth of tomatoes colored man named Bow-wow had requested, left him unconscious 2-3 wks. Bow-wow identified as Def. Hines. Primarily, case questions whether McGrill properly identified Hines. McGrill also spelled Magrill. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1322 | 102 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | State v. Andy Collins, et al. | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Additional defendants: Pat Collins, Edward Green, and Jack Green. Defendants are accused of assaulting N. L. Rawlings with intent to kill. According to Rawlings, the defendants visited his log home on Christmas night asking for directions and seeking the whereabouts of his son, James Rawlings. Rawlings spoke to them through a window, and when he refused to come outside, the defendants began firing at his home. Plaintiff believes 30 or 40 shots were filled. |
East | Range: 20 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1570 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1945 | State v. Sam Wright | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Verdict: Guilty, affirmed and modified on appeal to the Supreme Court. |
East | Range: 6 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 359 | 80 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1859 | Stephen Hays v. State | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
This is an appeal. In original bill, Hays was charged with felonious assault stemming from an attack on Hiram Wing on Dec. 4, 1858. Wing was a conductor on the Western & Atlantic RR of Georgia, & defendant a co-worker. When defendant was reportedly drunk on the job, it was Wing's duty to report this & Hays was fired. The attack was in retaliation. Defendant sentenced to 5 years in TN State Penitentiary. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1139 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | State v. Willie King | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Willie convicted of assault w/intent to commit 2nd degree murder of Evelyn Hendricks, with a pistol; sentenced to 3 yrs in penitentiary. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1308 | 14 | Order A Copy |