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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 | 1892 | Belle Underwood v. State | Blount | Murder |
Plaintiff was charged with murder of her infant child. She had just given birth and tried to kill the child. |
East | Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1731 | 44 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1892 | Moses Clance v. State | Hancock | Murder |
Plaintiff was on trail for the murder Ida Mathes with a pistol. |
East | Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1699 | 58 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1892 | N. B. Ledgerwood, In Error v. State | Knox | Murder |
Defendants: N. B. Ledgerwood, James Ledgerwood, & William Ledgerwood. Incident of 14 Aug. 1891, "an assault did make upon the body of John Moran with certain deadly weapons to wit: a pistol and a beer glass, which they then and there … inflict upon the body of the said John Moran, a mortal wound, or wounds, from the effect of which he the said John Moran shortly thereafter died." |
East | Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1730 | 147 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1892 | Robert Slaughter v. State | Claiborne | Murder, 1st degree |
Victim was Clinton R. Jones. |
East | Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1741 | 7 | Order A Copy |