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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 | 1892 | Bud Farrow v. State | Crockett | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
The number of pages does not reflect the loose brief inside the case. Part of the testimony involves Ballard's saloon and "Ed & woman in bed." |
West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 340 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Beauregard De Foor v. State | Hamilton | Murder |
De Foor was tried for murdering Joe Williams in 1888. Transcript contains colorful testimony. Witness said that she and Williams were furnishing music for a lawn party given at a private home. Near midnight, defendant remarked that there was his cousin dancing with "Big Sis," a reference to Joe's wife. This offended Mrs. Williams, so she sought and received an apology; Joe asked likewise. Shortly, a gunfight and chase ensued, ending in Joe's death. Hand-drawn map shows key locations on street & alley. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1824 | 68 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Beauregard De Foor v. State | Hamilton | Murder |
De Foor was tried for murdering Joe Williams in 1888. Transcript contains colorful testimony. Witness said that she and Williams were furnishing music for a lawn party given at a private home. Near midnight, defendant remarked that there was his cousin dancing with "Big Sis," a reference to Joe's wife. This offended Mrs. Williams, so she sought and received an apology; Joe asked likewise. Shortly, a gunfight and chase ensued, ending in Joe's death. Hand-drawn map shows key locations on street & alley. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1824 | 68 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Charles Holt, alias Drew v. State | Washington | Larceny |
For stealing a mare worth $100 from John T. Leach. |
East | Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1750 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Charles Stevens v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Corporation of Sparta v. Pate Lewis | White | Assault |
Plaintiff is accused of assaulting Charles Passons with a knife. Before the assault, plaintiff was arrested for public drunkenness and placed in jail. In the evening Charles Passons made a trip to the jail to bring water to Lewis, and claims this is when he was attacked. Plaintiff insists he was whittling, when in the process of taking his knife, Passons was accidently stabbed. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 920 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Dan DeBardelafen v. State | Hamilton | Gambling |
Defendant was on trial for keeping a house where gambling was allowed. |
East | Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1704 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Erwin Sellers v. State | Carroll | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 357 | 30 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1892 | E. B. Turpin v. State | Sumner | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Plaintiff in error was accused of openly carrying a belt pistol, pocket pistol, or revolver. He was found guilty in the original trial and sentenced to 60 days in jail. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 955 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Fethais Woolsey v. State | Greene | Tippling |
Charged with selling liquor near a school house. |
East | Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1741 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Gid Rideout v. State | Wilson | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
George Lahue testified that he witnessed the plaintiff in the woods shooting at a tree with a pistol. The plaintiff states that he has not carried a pistol in ten years and was using a rifle to shoot the tree. The plaintiff further notes that he was previously attacked by Lahue for charging him with stealing. Several witnesses testified to Lahue's poor character. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 951 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Geo. J. Lindner v. State | Davidson | Fraud |
The plaintiff in error was indicted in 6 cases of false pretense including cashing bad checks and pawning diamond rings not belonging to him. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 915 | 85 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | H. Clay King v. State | Shelby | Homicide |
Record contains two briefs for the appellant by the following: W. G. Weatherford, James M. Greer. |
West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 359 | 106 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Irvin Quarles v. State | Montgomery | Motion for Appeal |
This casefile is an appeal from a case where plaintiff was charged with Murder in the Second Degree for the death of Abe Slaughter. Plaintiff struck Abe Slaughter with a bat, causing his death. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 913 | 52 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Jim Shoffner v. State | Rhea | Perjury |
For perjury in the case of State v. Silas Patter (for illegal gaming) by testifying under oath that Patter had never illegally gamed for money. |
East | Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1754 | 68 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | J. B. Hubbard alias Ben Hubard v. State | Union | Larceny |
Plaintiff in error was accused of breaking into the storehouse of Hill and Johnson and stealing various goods. Plaintiff was arrested after the stolen goods were found in his home. Plaintiff pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Casefile noted that plaintiff spent time in an insane asylum between 1889 and 1890. |
East | Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1735 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Judd Cawood, Robert Huskison and A. J. M. Lennoer v. State | Knox | Robbery |
The defendants were charged with the robbery of one Henry Smith. They were charged with stealing Five notes valued at $10.00, ten notes at $5.00, three pieces of silver coins at $1.00 and six silver pieces at $.50 each. Two folders. |
East | Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1721 | 347 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | James W. Foster, in error v. State | McMinn | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Foster was accused of attempting to kill William T. Wattenbarger. He hid in the bushes in broad daylight while Wattenbarger approached on the road. The defense argued that the jury was coerced in its decision. The main evidence was a pair of shoes worn by Foster the day of the shooting, and the tracks they made in the freshly plowed soil of the corn field. |
East | Range: 18 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1969 | 181 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | James Sizemore v. State | Knox | Bearing Challenge to Duel |
Incomplete case file; statement of case only. James Sizemore, son of Bill Sizemore, was convicted of killing Cicero Johnson during a duel. See additional bill in ET 1724. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 30 | 66 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | J. E. Ray v. Mayor & Aldermen of Knoxville | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. See also ET #1744 |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 102 | 4 | 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 | 1892 | James M. Dunn v. State | Claiborne | Arson |
Plaintiff was charged with burning several stacks of hay of one Nancy M. Travis. The hay was worth around $100.00. |
East | Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1728 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | John Malone v. State | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Plaintiff in error was accused of attempting to murder Sim Fuller with a shotgun. Plaintiff and Fuller were at Dick Arnolds store and saloon on the corner of Murfreesboro Pike and Fairfield Ave. when they began to argue about a cigarette. Fuller left the store and the plaintiff followed him out. The plaintiff asked Fuller if he wanted to fight and then shot him. Casefile notes Fuller lives on Fairfield Ave. in South Nashville. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 955 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | M. V. Huddleston and Rachel Conatser v. State | Fentress | Lewd Behavior |
For "unlawfully, openly, publicly, notoriously, recklessly amd scandalously did dwell, live and cohabit together as man and wife..." |
East | Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1750 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Phil Nolan v. State AND M. F. Nolan v. State | Anderson | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
2 cases were bound together in box. Cover sheet of 1st case says M. F. Nolan v. State, but rest of case says Phil Nolan v. State. 2nd case says M. F. Nolan v. State throughout case. Both were charged with illegally carrying a pistol. |
East | Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1750 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Robert Kittrell v. State | Rhea | Obstructing a Public Road/Road/Right of Way |
The plaintiff was charged with building a fence across a public road. |
East | Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1729 | 41 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. Clay Mason | Tipton | Murder | West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 341 | 109 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. John Morton | Gibson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Defendant is charged with assaulting Lewis Rodgers with a knife with the intent "willfully and maliciously to kill and murder him … in the second degree." |
West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 340 | 90 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. Frank Simpson | Hardin | Murder | West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 357 | 118 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. Horace Cross | Shelby | Attempted Murder |
The defendant was accused of shooting Joe Moore, a blacksmith from Arlington (Shelby County), Tennessee. |
West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 350 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. Harrison Spraggins | Shelby | Larceny | West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 350 | 17 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. William Shelton | Shelby | Forgery | West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 350 | 16 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. Charles Williams | Shelby | Robbery | West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 350 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. Louis Smith | Madison | Larceny | West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 352 | 25 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. William Patte | Shelby | Other |
Cause of Action: Practicing Medicine without a License |
West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 352 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. George Beard | Fayette | Kidnapping |
Cause of action was for "abduction of a female for the purpose of prostitution and concubine." |
West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 356 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. Robert Posey& J. L. Smith | Shelby | Burglary |
Docket number illegible. |
West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 360 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. Amos Morgan | Weakley | Possession of Illegal Weapons |
Unsure about docket number. |
West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 364 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. Henry Furnish | Shelby | Attempted Murder |
Henry Furnish shot and attempted to kill Martha Simmett. |
West | Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 371 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. Henry Clay King | Shelby | Murder |
Consists of 5 volumes. Volumes 1 & 2 are in Box 375; Volumes 3, 4, & 5 are in Box 376. Defendant charged with murder of D. H. (David Hammill) Poston on March 10, 1891. Poston was the attorney of King's former lover, Maria Eliza Dickson Pillow, widow of Gen. Gideon Pillow, for whom he had abandoned his wife and family. King had sued Pillow to recover property he thought she had stolen by secretly registering deeds for property he had put in her name. See WT 376. |
West | Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 375 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. Lewis Bryant | Shelby | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | West | Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 377 | 337 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. Mary Morrison | Shelby | Theft | West | Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 377 | 26 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. Taylor Nightingale, Robert Hodges, Adam Lusk, Louis Harvey, Luck Mosby,& Shederick James | Shelby | Assault | West | Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 377 | 121 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. John Crutcher | Shelby | Other |
Cause of action: Selling Mortgaged Property |
West | Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 377 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. Ed Mitchell | Shelby | Other |
Cause of action: Buggery |
West | Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 377 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. A. B. Schwartz | Shelby | Larceny | West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 529 | 39 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. Tom Ballard | Crockett | Liquor Violation | West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 594 | 17 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. Frank Jones | Knox | Robbery | East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 749 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. James Wright | Hancock | Murder |
Brief by the defendant's attorney in a case of murder. The victim's last name was Owens, who was shot with a pistol. See additional pages in ET 1700 |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 817 | 93 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | State v. Ed Ransom | Gambling |
2 briefs only. 1 brief mentions cause of action, but neither mention county of origin. |
East | Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1753 | 7 | Order A Copy |