Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1912 Bob Woods v. State Henderson Murder

Folder only contains appeal of conviction of 1st degree murder of John Reynolds. Co-defendant, Jim Maness, withdrew his appeal.

 West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1092 22 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 Carl Still v. State Knox Murder

Plaintiff is appealing the charge of Murder in the 1st Degree with Mitigating Circumstances. Case file is incomplete; opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 State v. Will Ewing[?], et al Marshall Murder

Victim: Rufus Wilson. Additional Defendant: Prince Ewing[?], charged with accessory before the fact. Both defendants and victim are African American. Defendants' names sometimes spelled "Ewin." Transcript only.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 490 611 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 State v. Isaiah Webb Henry Murder

The victim's name in this case was Tom Travis.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1259 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 State v. Long Bow et al. Madison Murder, Attempted

Additional Defendants: Long Yee and Lee Gin. The victims' names were Louie On, Charlie Nigh, Wong Gow, and Louie Lee. This file consists of three folders.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1259 456 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 State v. William Leach Tipton Murder

The victim's name in this case was Tom Lewis. Page count does not include published brief.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1260 200 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 State v. Walter Prewett Dyer Murder

The victim's name in this case was J.D. Thomas.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1260 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 State v. Grundy Moore Crockett Murder

The victim's name in this case was George Jones.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1260 64 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 State v. J. H. Laxton Dyer Murder

Victim: Alex Brown. Cause of action: Alex Brown and Cal Gillor were out coon hunting near the home of J. H. Laxton. After they shot a coon, Laxton shot at the hunters.

 West Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1346 44 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 State v. Ben Rice Tipton Murder

Charged with 2nd Degree Murder. Victim was Tom Blankenship.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1258 97 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 State v. Samuel Miller Shelby Murder

The victim's name in this case was Gussie Miller, wife of the defendant.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1260 69 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 State v. J. J. Hughes Shelby Murder

Offense of murder in the first degree of Tom Dolan, 9 July 1911, "with a pistol loaded with powder and ball." Case appealed to the Supreme Court, Western Division. Five folders. See WT 1262 for additional folders of case.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1261 1564 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 Tom Holt v. State Weakley Murder

Murder of Jack Mayo.

 West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1088 116 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 Van Brown v. State Jefferson Murder

Plaintiff in error is accused of murdering George Coleman (Col.) with a knife. A group of people, including Brown and Coleman, were walking to church when Brown and Coleman got into an argument. The argument led to a physical altercation ending in the death of Coleman. Casefile notes that Nan Coleman is the mother of George and also mentions Lee Tate, Melissa Greenlee, Leonard Dockery, Nola Tate, Lucile Greenlee, and Effie Mills as being members of the group walking to church.

 East Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1305 176 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 Vaulx Mahon v. State Gibson Murder

Appeal to TN Supreme Court at Jackson. Murder of D.W. Dickson, Jan. 1911. Additional materials related to this case are in box WT 1289. Additional defendants: Vaulx Mahon, Floyd Parr, Gasso (?) Moore.

 West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1083 50 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 Walter Overton v. State Fayette Murder

Victim: Joe McDowell, alias Walter Ausler

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1305 60 Order A Copy