Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1876 J. D. Isham v. State Roane Assault with Intent to Kill

For assault with intent to kill on George Cook. Philip Wilson also took part in assault but was tried separately.

 East Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1654 63 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 James Cotter, alias James Coterell v. State Roane Assault, Felonious

Case of assault with attempt to commit rape of Lucinda Jones. Cutter, an Irish boarder and well-digger, frequently solicited her chastity while he was drunk. He soon "violently and against her will feloniously" did ravish and carnally know her. Afterward, "she was attacked with a sick spell... & was sitting by the door fanning herself with a turkey wing--Deft was laying down in the floor with his pantaloons unbuttoned" and [graphic description follows]. The defendant's name could be Cutter or Cotrell.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1162 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 James Burnett v. State Roane Assault, Felonious

Plaintiff in error is accused of assaulting J. S. Riggs. According to Riggs, on the day of the incident the plaintiff was passing by his home when the two began to argue. The plaintiff accused Riggs of not liking him and began using obscenities. The two separated but met again later that evening in a nearby saloon. The two men briefly exchanged words before the plaintiff shot Riggs with a pistol. Riggs lived and testified at the trial.

 East Range: 20 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1571 37 Order A Copy
View Entry 1861 Paul Wright v. State Roane Assault and Battery

For assault & battery of William Dawson.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1193 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 State v. Marshal Fenister Roane Assault, Felonious

Verdict only, full case summary not included.

 East Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 751 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 State v. Austin Tarver Roane Assault and Battery

Victim: Jacob Brown.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 593 7 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 State v. William Wilson Roane Assault, Felonious

Victim: W. J. Arp.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 593 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1849 State v. Henderson Bowling Roane Assault with Intent to Kill

Bowling was accused of assaulting John Enox with a club w/intent to kill hiim. Jury found Bowling not guilty of assault w/intent to kill, but guilty of assault & battery, but court arrested the judgment & discharged Bowling because the indictment was not for simple assault & battery & jury didn't convict Bowling on charge that WAS in the indictment.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1142 7 Order A Copy
View Entry 1869 State v. Michal Shipwash, William Davis & James R. Davis Roane Assault and Battery

Michal Shipwash charged with assault & battery against Thomas Childress. Shipwash, William Davis and James R. Davis as sureties were indebted to state for $250 each to be void on condition that defendant should appear in court. Because Shipwash did not appear in court to answer charge, they have to pay the $250 each. Defendants demur and the Attorney General sustains it. Each defendant was tried separately.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1189 39 Order A Copy
View Entry 1860 State v. William Liles& John Liles Roane Assault, Felonious

For along with Robert L. Shaw, assaulting Samuel Russell with "rocks knives and pistols loaded with gunpowder and leaden bullets…"

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1207 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1896 State v. William West Roane Assault

Incomplete case file; statement only. West was charged with assaulting S. G. Childs. No crime was proven in original conviction. Case was remanded to lower court to be correctly charged, or dismissed.

 East Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 18a 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 State v. William Goodman Roane Assault

Assault with intent to rob. Victim: Alexander Harris.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 593 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1827 State v. Thomas Morgan Roane Assault with Force and Arms

In this cause, Morgan asks to be released from prison. Morgan claims that he stabbed William Spence in self-defense.

 East Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1101 11 Order A Copy
View Entry 1847 State v. William Brown Roane Assault and Battery

Brown charged with committing assault & battery on the person of Isaac Matlock on 2 June 1846.

 East Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1120 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 State v. John Cooper, et al. Roane Assault

According to case file defendants were accused of beating a black teenager they hired to work in a brick yard. Defendants found guilty of assault. Additional Defendant: Lit Howard, William Howard

 East Range: 20 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1602 31 Order A Copy
View Entry 1939 W. A. Kennedy v. State Roane Assault with Intent to Kill

Victim: James Moore.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 109 83 Order A Copy
View Entry 1811 William Luty v. Robert Purdy & George Sevier Roane Assault and Battery

Plaintiff claims that he was wrongly imprisoned and beaten by the Defendants, who are soldiers, for selling liquor.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 52 26 Order A Copy