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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1916 | City of Clarksville v. A. Green& Mrs. Rose Green | Montgomery | Other |
Other: Installing street light |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 89 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1868 | John C. Read v. Edward A. Byrne | Montgomery | Other |
General Assembly changed voter eligibility requirements & plaintiff was no longer eligible to vote. Plaintiff wanted to be able to register to vote. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 333 | 28 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1844 | James K. Polk v. Griffin Orgain, Jonah Morrison, & Orval Allen | Montgomery | Other |
Cause of Action: Broken covenant. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 214 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1922 | Lizzie, Alias Margaret Garard v. State | Montgomery | Other |
Accessory after the fact to murder, and aiding in concealing and covering up the crime of murder. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 460 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1845 | State v. Ambrose Martin | Montgomery | Other |
Cause of Action: Selling liquor to a negro slave |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 219 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1845 | State v. William L. Davis | Montgomery | Other |
Cause of action: Keeping a tippling house |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 219 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Johnathan Eatherly | Montgomery | Other |
Cause of Action: Betting on election |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | State v. Greenville Wilcox | Montgomery | Other |
Cause of Action: Mule stealing |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 478 | 34 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | State v. West Taylor | Montgomery | Other |
Cause of Action: Abducting a female child for the purpose of prostitution. Victim: Ella Chester, daughter of John Chester. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 564 | 80 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1882 | State for the use of Montgomery County v. Peter Oneal, Clerk & Master, et al. | Montgomery | Other |
Additional Defendants: the sureties on Peter Oneal's bond as Clerk and Master of the County Court of Montgomery County. The State sued Peter Oneal for $3,000, which they claimed they were owed out of debts that arose out during the time Oneal was the Clerk ad Master. Additional materials in box MT 1139. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 580 | 183 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1882 | State v. Warren Edwards (col.) | Montgomery | Other |
Incomplete case file. Verdict and sentence document only. Cause of action: house breaking. Noted on the document that he died November 12th 1882. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 738 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1842 | State v. James McNichols | Montgomery | Other |
Case of Action: Stealing a Free Negro. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 206 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1877 | State v. C. W. Wallace | Montgomery | Other |
Cause of action: Obtaining money under false pretenses. Wallace fraudulently represented himself to John F. Counts a senior member of the firms John F. Conts and Son as M. S. Marley, a member of the firm Harley Matt & Co. furniture dealers. Wallace convinced Conts to sign a $50 draft. Wallace was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 29 | 40 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | State for use of Montgomery County v. J. H. Pittus, exe. of T. F. Pittus, dec., et al. | Montgomery | Other |
Additional Defendant: Stephen Pittus. Cause of Action: This case was brought against the executors of T. F. Pittus, dec. as Surety on bond of Peter O'Neal. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 581 | 65 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1892 | William Haynes v. State | Montgomery | Other |
Cause of action: Abusing a female under 10 years. Plaintiff in error was accused of raping 8 year old Almania Garrett at the home of her aunt, Ellen Trice. The plaintiff frequently stayed at Trice's home and employed her to do his washing. Casefile notes that Garrett's parents are dead and she has lived with Trice for two years. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 955 | 18 | Order A Copy |