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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 | Albert Clowers& Elmer Clowers v. State | Roane | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he manufactured liquor illegally. Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1926 | Clifton Easter & Clifford Easter v. State | Roane | Liquor Violation |
Cause of Action: Manufacturing Liquor and Possessing a Still. Order only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 70 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1926 | Dillard Newport& Leland Newport v. State | Roane | Liquor Violation |
Order only. Cause of Action: Manufacturing Liquor and Possessing a Still. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 70 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | Elmer England v. State | Roane | Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of |
Elmer England is charged with felonious transportation of whisky. |
East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1064 | 49 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | Jack McNabb v. State | Roane | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Pla. in error is accused of selling one pint of whiskey for $1 to Bill Pierce and Deputy Sheriff Charles Suddoth. The defendant is employed as a laborer by the Southern Railway Company. Plaintiff claims it was his brother who sold the whiskey. |
East | Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1371 | 30 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1892 | John Schneidle v. State | Roane | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | East | Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1753 | 34 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1926 | Mark Scott & Oscar Clark v. State | Roane | Liquor Violation |
Order only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 70 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1892 | State v. Willis Parks | Roane | Liquor Violation |
Parks was convicted of vending and selling malt (whiskey) and vinous (wine) liquors. Sid Bledsoe testified that he, Sam Howard, and James Tidwell paid Parks $1.25 for a gallon of blackberry wine, which they drank. Parks did not have a legal license to sell alcohol. |
East | Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1730 | 16 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1840 | State v. William Essman | Roane | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Essman sold whiskey to John C. Julian and was caught in the act. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 18 | 7 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1936 | State v. Mae Matlock | Roane | Liquor Violation |
Defendant originally tried & found guilty of possessing intoxicating liquors on the date of 15 May 1935. |
East | Range: 8 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 985 | 28 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1847 | State v. Archibald Felts | Roane | Liquor Violation |
Sued for retailing liquor. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1167 | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | State v. Oscar Clark | Roane | Liquor Violation |
Clark charged and convicted of manufacturing whiskey and brandy. He was fined $300. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1329 | 41 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1926 | Willis Edward v. State | Roane | Liquor Violation |
Cause of Action: Possessing Part of a Still. Order only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 70 | 1 | Order A Copy |