Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
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

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