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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 | 1921 | Hardy Stout v. State | Putnam | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Hardy Stout was convicted of unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors within four miles of a school house. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 419 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1922 | Luther Terry v. State | Putnam | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Defendant was charged with unlawfully selling liquor and was ordered to pay a fine of $50.00 and undergo confinement in the county jail or work house for a period of six months |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 411 | 41 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1916 | State v. Ab Webb (Col.) | Putnam | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 85 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1919 | State v. Casto Barnes et al. | Putnam | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Additional defendant - Chargo Barnes |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 132 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | State v. John Pressly | Putnam | Liquor, Sale of to Minors |
Opinion only. Pressly convicted of giving liquor to a minor without consent of his parents. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and 6 months confinement in county workhouse. Defendant appealed. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 827 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1893 | State v. John Hall | Putnam | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
The defendant was accused of unlawfully selling liquor without a license and within 4 miles of a schoolhouse. Defendant denied the charges. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 965 | 73 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. John Cunningham | Putnam | Disturbance of Public Worship |
The defendant, George Cunningham, and Andrew Mills are accused of disturbing public worship with profane discourse and rude and indecent behavior. Additional details unavailable. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 911 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | State v. George Massey | Putnam | Disturbance of Public Worship |
Defendant was accused of disturbing public worship by noise, profanity, and indecent behavior. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 19 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | State v. H. A. Powers | Putnam | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 61 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1873 | State v. Thomas Elrod | Putnam | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 353 | 15 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1922 | Shon Rodgers v. State | Putnam | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
The defendant is charged with unlawfully selling whiskey, buying whiskey for another, and unlawfully transporting whiskey |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 411 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1922 | Shon Rogers, Bennie Eldrige,& P. E. Bartlett v. State | Putnam | Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of |
Defendants are charged with unlawfully transporting whiskey in Putnam County |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 411 | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | State v. Jack Anderson | Putnam | Disturbance of Public Worship |
Jack Anderson was charged with disturbing religious worship services by using "pofane discourse" and having "rude and indecent behavior." |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1046 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Tandy Brown v. State | Putnam | Possession of Illegal Weapons | Middle | Range: 21 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 110 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1921 | W. A. Davis, H. C. Slagle v. State | Putnam | Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of | Middle | Range: 33 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 435 | 48 | Order A Copy |