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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 | 1903 | State v. John Monroe & Anderson Bartley | McNairy | Murder |
Murder and assault on Savannah Hampton. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 842 | 55 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1902 | State v. R. J. Olive | McNairy | Murder |
Victim: Lee English. Cause of action: murder via knife. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 889 | 101 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1918 | State v. John Smith | McNairy | Murder |
Victim: Robert Moore; weapon: gun. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1509 | 92 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1918 | State v. J. B. Gibson | McNairy | Murder |
J. B. Gibson is indicted for wilfully, deliberately, and premeditatedly shooting and killing E.P. Lamberth. |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1669 | 114 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | State v. Stanford Williams | McNairy | Murder | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 304 | 163 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1888 | State v. T. A. Butler | McNairy | Murder |
The victim's name in this case was Alfonzo Farriss. |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 430 | 175 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1934 | State v. Jess Martin and Maze Martin | McNairy | Murder, 1st degree |
The dfnts. were accused of the first-degree shooting murder of Roscoe Wilmeuth on Dec. 20, 1931. Maze is spelled variously as Mays. Wilmeuth had warrants issued for Jess Martin and Denver Holcomb. Wilmeuth was looking for someone to serve Martin the paper at the time of the shooting. As he was dying, Roscoe identified Maze Martin as the shooter. |
West | Range: 76 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 2162 | 150 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | State v. Clifford Martin | McNairy | Murder, 1st degree |
Indicted for Murder in the 1st, the jury returned a conviction of Involuntary Manslaughter. Martin was accused of killing "Artie or A. H. Gilchrist". Martin was a struggling farmer, and became indebted to Gilchrist, owner and operator of a cotton gin. Gilchrist agreed to settle the debt by a sale of Martin's 18 acres of land. Martin confronted Gilchrist about the picking of a crop, and during the argument shot him. In 2 folders. |
West | Range: 77 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 2097 | 280 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1905 | State v. Boss Perkins | McNairy | Murder |
Victim: Nat Carman |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 922 | 243 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1923 | State v. Charles D. Chambers | McNairy | Murder |
Victim: Ed Chambers |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1716 | 362 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | W. J. Olive v. State | McNairy | Murder |
Cause of action: murder in the first degree. Victim: Lee English. Appealing guilty verdict for voluntary manslaughter. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 718 | 15 | Order A Copy |