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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 | 1884 | Cad Mullins & Robert Brown v. State | Hawkins | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The State charged Mullins and Brown with assaulting Daniel Anderson with shotguns and pistols with the intent to commit murder. |
East | Range: 18 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1930 | 73 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | E. Minville v. Deihl & Lord | Unknown | Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 506 | 6 | Order A Copy | ||
View Entry | 1884 | G. W. Marshall, et al. v. E. P. Graves, et al | Davidson | Forcible Entry and Detainer |
Additional Plaintiffs: Frank P. White, E. M. Manlove, as trustees and managers of the United Friends of Temperance for one acre of ground and hall seated thereon. Additional Defendants: John H. Graves, O. D. [?] Oliver, J. G. Ballow. Exhibits: 4 pamphlets for The United Friends and Sons of Temperance. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 497 | 54 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Joe Hastings v. State | Henry | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 265 | 17 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | J. B. Knott v. S. D. Bass | Davidson | Damages |
Bass accused by Knott of falsely and maliciously procuring an indictment against Knott, charging that Knott stole five heads of cattle from a couple named Jackson. Knott was subsequently arrested and sued. Case was dismissed under the pretenses that the original indictment was filed unlawfully. Knott now suing Bass for $10,000 in damages for false prosecution. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 729 | 97 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Samuel Marshall v. State | Washington | Assault |
Marshal, an African American boy, 12 or 13 years old was walking down the road when Sallie Shaw leaned out of her window & began an argument with Marshal. There had already been trouble at her house that day. They called each other names, Shaw baiting him to attack her. He was peeling an apple with a knife & brandished it. She got a pistol. Nathan Shipley road up on a horse between them, bidding them to stop. Shaw pressed charges. Colorful, vernacular verbal exchanges in testimony. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1 | 39 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. M. F. Ball | Shelby | Liquor Violation |
Charge is "selling intoxicating beverages within four miles of an incorporated institution of learning," also referred to as the "four-mile liquor law." |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 217 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Lewis Adaway Jr. | Shelby | Forgery |
Defendant is also referred to by his alias, Lewis Adaway Jr. He is indicted for forging an order, purported to be drawn by A. N. Griffin, on the firm of Holland & Perkins, enabling Adaway to charge ten dollars worth of goods. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 217 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Henry Webb | Shelby | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 238 | 28 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Sut Gardner | Obion | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 239 | 24 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. James Harris | Shelby | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 239 | 26 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Howard Parker | Shelby | Murder, Attempted | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 51 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Jack Neely | Shelby | Theft | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 60 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Joe Oswald | Shelby | Receiving Stolen Goods |
Defendant indicted for having received stolen goods on 7 Feb. 1884. Stolen property had belonged to Hillery Hedges. Notations about sentence on back of folder. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 244 | 47 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Add Maness | Lauderdale | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 250 | 24 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Shin Forrest | Henry | Murder |
The defendant was accused of shooting David Cruise and Jane Forrest. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 251 | 56 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Ike Tharpe & Lige Tharpe | Henry | Murder |
The Thorpes was accused of killing a man named John Jones. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 251 | 58 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. B. R. G. Warner | Shelby | Contempt of Court | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 251 | 36 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. G. P. M. Turner | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
The defendant was accused of beating Frankie Martin. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 251 | 47 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Jim James | Shelby | Larceny |
The defendant was accused of stealing two heifers belonging to John Duty. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 252 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Jacob Sturla | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
victim: R. B. Ward |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 253 | 44 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Bat Blocker | Shelby | Murder |
Victim: Merrod Jefferson |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 256 | 92 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Jim Dales | Shelby | Gambling | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 258 | 16 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Rachel Long | Shelby | Perjury |
The defendant was accused of giving false testimony at the criminal trial of Dennis Taylor, charged with murder in the first degree. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 261 | 95 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Joe Clark | Hardeman | Murder |
The victim's name in this case was Peter Wooten. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 262 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Henry Bell, alias Snell | Shelby | Theft |
Folder includes a note from the Criminal Court Clerk stating that the defendant Henry Bell (alias Snell) died in the Shelby County Jail on 11 August 1883. He was accused of stealing a mule, valued at $30, and belonging to T. J. Morris. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 263 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. (?) Daly | Shelby | Gambling |
Actual charge is gaming. The court does not know the defendant's first name -- it is represented in the record by a wavy line. He is accused of betting on a horse race and encouraging others to form betting pools and to wager on other races. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 263 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. John Mebane | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Mebane is accused of committing aggravated assault and battery upon his daughter Bettie, 18. The charge says he stripped his daughter, tied her wrists together, strung her from a joist or cross-beam, and whipped her with a rawhide whip, "inflicting cuts, wounds, and bruises in the back and legs," and causing her to be "confined to her bed for a week." He was angry at her for spreading gossip. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 263 | 70 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. James Frost | Henry | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Frost is charged with illegally carrying a pistol concealed in his pocket. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 263 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Sidney Bridges | Henry | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Bridges is charged with carrying a pistol. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 263 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Hutch Green, alias Bob Green | Madison | Attempted Murder |
The charge is attempt to commit murder in the second degree. He reportedly set upon one Samuel McCoy with a razor, with the intent of killing him. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 263 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. G. N. Truss | Shelby | Other |
Cause of Action: Violation of an Act to prevent the sale of cotton between sun-set and sun-rise. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 265 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Henry Wright | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 265 | 33 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Thomas McGee | Dyer | Larceny | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 267 | 30 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. John S. Fitzhugh | Dyer | Murder |
The name of the victim in this case was John Powers. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 267 | 107 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Jesse Waggener | Shelby | Larceny, Grand | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 267 | 70 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. William Strickland | Shelby | Larceny | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 268 | 7 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. John Manley and Ella Barlow | Shelby | Larceny | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 268 | 48 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Mrs. S. Shabucco | Shelby | Liquor Violation |
Defendant indicted for selling liquor without a license on 10 April 1884. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 270 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Len Parish | Weakley | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 287 | 19 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. S. D. Williams & James Williams | Jefferson | Other |
Defacing public property. Case incomplete; brief and opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 103 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Charles Dawson | Davidson | Other |
The state claimed that the defendant was reached into his vest pocket to grab a pocket pistol that he was illegally possessing. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1124 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. C.W. Toombs | Davidson | Assault |
The State claimed that the defendant with force and arms did violently make an assault in and upon William Grass. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1124 | 76 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Albert Buckner | Montgomery | Larceny, Petit |
Larceny of one cow belonging to T. H. Reynolds. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 497 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. James Helton, alias Suken alias Scott | Lawrence | Breaking and Entering |
Victim: Columbus M. Joiner. Official Charge: Breaking open a business house. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 552 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Will Mitchell | Warren | Other |
Cause of Action: attempted rape of a child under 10 years old. Victim: Georgie Tompkins. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 553 | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Sue Burton (col.) alias Fletcher | Davidson | Murder |
Victim: Mollie Dinwoodie, colored. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 553 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. John Hays (col.) | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Tobe[?] Miller, colored. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 560 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Charles Diamond (col.) alias, et al. | Davidson | Robbery |
Additional Defendants: George Walker, colored, alias; Alex Diamond, colored, alias; George Harris, colored. Victim: Augustus Gounard. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 560 | 74 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. S. M. Phelps | Smith | Neglect of Duty |
S. M. Phelps was the Superintendent of the county's poor house and was charged with willful neglect of duty in office resulting the deaths of Abraham Alexander, alias Abraham Miller and William Martin. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 560 | 26 | Order A Copy |