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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 | 1883 | Caleb Jones v. State | Davidson | Larceny |
Amount: $150; Additional names: Nelson Jones. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1124 | 55 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. William Puckett | Houston | Larceny |
Stolen item: pig, livestock. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 497 | 26 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. Henry Marshall | Hamilton | Larceny | East | Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 751 | 3 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. Hatton Malone | Warren | Burglary and Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Noted on the document that he died. No date given for death. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 738 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. Jason Kuling | Davidson | Larceny | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 200 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. John Robinson | Shelby | Larceny |
Defendant is charged with petit larceny because he "feloniously did steal, take, and carry away one cart load of sand of the value of six dollars, the property of D. D. Thomas." |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 216 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. Gary Carroll et al. | Shelby | Larceny |
Other defendants: John Carroll & Thomas Carroll. The charge is that they "did then and there feloniously take steal & carry away one black hog, of the value of seven dollars and of the proper goods and chattels of Alice Payne." |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 56 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. George Jones & Manuel Berry | Shelby | Larceny |
Town of Bartlett. Defendants were laborers. Crime was alleged to have taken place July 1, 1882. Accused of stealing one sow belonging to Mrs. Sallie Reece. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 214 | 67 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. John Pitts | Shelby | Larceny, Grand | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 52 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. George Rogers | Shelby | Larceny | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 232 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. Charles Porter | Maury | Larceny, Grand | Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 498 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. John Jones | Roane | Larceny, Petit |
John Jones, a free man of color, was charged with stealing a corn meal bag worth about $1.00. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 638 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. Joseph Smallwood | Sullivan | Larceny | East | Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 751 | 3 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. Peter Nile | Sevier | Larceny |
Nile was accused of stealing a plow from Hugh Fulton. He was given one year in jail. |
East | Range: 6 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 463 | 37 | Order A Copy |