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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1900 | Arthur McCain v. State | Shelby | Appeal for New Trial |
Plaintiff appealing his conviction. Originally sentenced for shooting & killing Jeff Wilson on 25 Sept. 1899. At time of killing plaintiff worked as a porter at grocery store of Miss Mary McCarney. Also mentioned: Clarence McCarney, father of Mary McCarney & (?) Perry, her brother-in-law. Perrys operated grocery store opposite the McCarneys & there was rivalry between them. Both stores drew their trade from African American community. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 807 | 25 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | Albert Morris, et al. v. State | Shelby | Manslaughter, Involuntary |
Additional Defendants: Earnest Morris; James & Walter Nevill; John Butler. Plaintiffs originally charged with killing Audrey Gilbert on 28 March 1899. Walter Nevill & John Butler acquitted; remaining 3 convicted of involuntary manslaughter & sentenced to 2 years in the penitentiary. Appealing sentence. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 821 | 27 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | Breece Kittrell v. State | Perry | Assault with Intent to Kill |
This only the brief. The victim is not named. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 677 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | B. B. Boyd v. Robert Fox | Obion | Damages |
Suit is for $15,000 for damages caused by slander. Boyd claims Fox falsely told others that he (Boyd) had taken several thousand dollars from the milling company of which he was secretary-treasurer, thus causing him to lose his job and reputation. Folder 1: Pages 1-64. Folder 2: Pages 65 to end, plus briefs. |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 730 | 115 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | Burk McClellen v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | Ed McNichols v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | Henderson House v. State | Lauderdale | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Dunk Goodrich |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 677 | 11 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | Henry Danner v. State | Gibson | Forgery |
Cause of action: forging excursion tickets and passing tickets known as forged. File is possibly incomplete. Only consists of the "Brief and Argument of J. P. Rhodes, Attorney for Henry Danner." Possible related cases in WT Boxes 719 and 728. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 802 | 16 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | James Dinwiddie v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | James Fax v. State | Knox | Larceny |
Final Decree and Procedendo only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | Joseph Dinwiddle v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | Luther Estes v. State | Lauderdale | Murder |
Victim: Emmerson Lovelace. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 813 | 58 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | Mrs. Lizzie Barry v. Kansas City, Fort Scott, & Memphis Railroad Company | Shelby | Damages for Wrongful Death | West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 351 | 84 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Sarah Riddle | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he illegally sold liquor. Case file is incomplete; orders and opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. James Dinwiddie | Knox | Rape |
Defendant is charged with raping Maggie Murphy. Case is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 90 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. J. B. Carty | Knox | Fraud |
Case is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 90 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. William Stein | Shelby | Larceny |
Larceny and Receiving Stolen Property |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 677 | 37 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. William Williams | Hardeman | Murder |
For the murder of Tom Neely. Neely was stabbed while attempting to arrest another man. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 758 | 315 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Larimore O'Deneal | Hardin | Murder |
Murder of Pugh Hinton. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 782 | 193 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Bruce Kittrell | Perry | Assault with Intent to Kill | West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 797 | 14 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. W. H. Biddle & C. B. English | Shelby | Theft | West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 801 | 154 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. J. W. Waddy | Obion | Kidnapping |
Defendant: J. W. Waddy, alias Jim Waddy. Cause of Action: Abduction for the purpose of prostitution and Concubine. Victim: Fannie Edwards, a minor of about 18 years of age. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 794 | 138 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Ed Flemming | Madison | Larceny |
This is the defense brief only. Original case unknown. The defendant was charged with larceny, receiving stolen goods over $30, and breaking & entering into a business house. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 796 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Curtis Dixon | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Victim: A. Olsen |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 809 | 30 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. W. C. Johnson & E. L. Stewart | Shelby | Murder |
Defendants charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of Henry White on 6 Jan. 1900. Victim African-American. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 821 | 55 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Tom McCracken | Carroll | Murder |
Defendant indicted for 1st degree murder in the death of Edward Dunn on 6 Feb. 1899. Found guilty of 2nd degree murder & sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 823 | 102 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. C. C. Thrasher | Hardin | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 823 | 21 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Larimore O'Deneal | Hardin | Murder |
Victim: Pugh Hinton |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 831 | 168 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. J. C. Partin | Decatur | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Alleged victim: W. F. Warden |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 843 | 56 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Connell Moss | DeKalb | Murder |
Victim: Frank Mitchell. Alias for defendant: McConnell Moss. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 552 | 359 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Josie Green Sheffield | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Assignment of Error and Brief. Victim: Nancy Sheffield |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 815 | 7 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Isaac Ward | Hamilton | Other |
Brief. Cause: Age of Consent Law |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 815 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Liza Goodman | Shelby | Larceny | East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1122 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. L. P. Moore | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Bill of cost only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1122 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Minnie White | Shelby | Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Bill of cost only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1122 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. John Lee | Shelby | Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Includes two Bill of Costs. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1122 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Henry Lee alias Moore | Shelby | Burglary and Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Bill of cost only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1122 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. William Moore | Shelby | Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Bill of cost only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1122 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Will Colton | Shelby | Robbery |
Incomplete case file. Bill of cost only. Additional cause of action: Larceny. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1122 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Rosa McCuller | Shelby | Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Bill of cost only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1122 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. George Douglass | Shelby | Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1370 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Curtis Dixon | Shelby | Other |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. 8 copies included. Cause of action: Highway Robbery. See two other Curtis Dixon cases, dating 1900 in Shelby county but with different cause of actions. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1370 | 16 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Thod Potter & Andrew Glover | Smith | Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Two copies included. Additional cause of action: Receiving stolen property. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1370 | 24 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Tom Gibson | Shelby | Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Cause of action listed as Larceny from the person. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1370 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Jesse Bailey | Shelby | Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1370 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Britt Markham | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1371 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Isiah Cates | Shelby | Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Additional cause of action: Receiving stolen property. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1370 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Sonny Patton | Shelby | Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Additional cause of action: Receiving stolen property. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1370 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Walter Williams, Cora Williams alias Cora Moore | Shelby | Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Additional cause of action is listed but illegible. |
West | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1370 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Tom Gibson | Shelby | Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Possibly related to the State v. Tom Gibson judgment located in WT 1370, however there is a slight difference in the cause of action. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1371 | 2 | Order A Copy |