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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 | 1931 | State v. Cleo Ward & William R. (Bill) Johnson | Carter | Lewd Behavior |
Hettie [Hattie] Johnson accused husband Def. Johnson & widow Cleo (her husband's cousin, fellow church member, neighbor) of adultery/lewdness. Bill & Cleo would meet at Gerny Campbell's vacant house (Campbell's wife was Cleo's sister-in-law). Parties & witnesses lived in Hampton, TN. Lots of testimony about the gossip in Hampton about the Defendants. Despite no actual evidence of inappropriate behavior, Cleo found guilty, fined $10, sentenced to 90 dys in workhouse; def Johnson never arrested. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1322 | 43 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | State v. Dewey Hall & Leath Matherley | Washington | Lewd Behavior |
D. Hall, a married man, was indicted for lewdness with the defendant, a married woman. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1324 | 110 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | State v. Ethel Long & Carl Cross | Polk | Lewd Behavior |
Long & Cross charged and convicted of living together without being married and engaging in lewd acts of fornication and adultery. They were fined $50 each and sentenced to county jail for 30 days. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1320 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | State v. Walker Abbott | McMinn | Lewd Behavior |
Abbott charged and convicted of indecent behavior and conduct at a Christmas tree gathering by placing rubbers (condoms) addressed to Mae Posey on a Christmas tree. He was fined $50 and sentenced to 6 months confinement at a workhouse. |
East | Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1347 | 23 | Order A Copy |