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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 | 1932 | Al Taylor v. State | Cocke | Violation of Age of Consent |
Taylor was married with six children when he was convicted of violating Vege McAlister when she was 12-13. Their relations began in 1929 and ended in 1931 when her people learned of it. Taylor admitted to intercourse, but not to paternity of Vege's child. Counsel (former governor) Ben Hooper charged that she was a "bawd, lewd, or kept female" who also had relations with Hugh Hance and Carl Taylor. Lawyers also argued Vege's identity based on different spellings of her name, e.g., "Verge McAllister." |
East | Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1413 | 208 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | City of Chattanooga v. Leon Silverman | Hamilton | Ordinance Violation |
Silverman charged with violating Ordinance No. 1429 on 16 Oct. 1930 by "indulging in acrobatic flying" over the municipal airport (Lovell Field) while piloting an airplane. Question as to whether city can legally enforce this ordinance as it regulates the operation of aircraft within the city's jurisdiction. The airport is 2 miles outside Chattanooga's corporate limits & at the time of the incident the city had no ordinance regulating the operation of aircraft over its airport. |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1423 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | D. A. Jones& Clyde Harrell v. State | Hamilton | Liquor Violation |
"Possessing whiskey." |
East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 173 | 72 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Ed Blevins v. State | Sullivan | Liquor Violation |
The plaintiff, also referred to as E. K. Blevins and Edward K. Blevins, is accused of being in possession of 18 gallons of intoxicating liquors. Case file notes plaintiff's home is located at 612 Florida Ave. in Bristol, Tennessee. Plaintiff claims the search warrant obtained to search his home was unlawful. |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1428 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Frank Peyoulatas v. State | Hamilton | Tax Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 320 | 81 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1932 | Jess Waters v. State | Polk | Liquor Violation |
"Possessing whiskey." |
East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 173 | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Jeff Palmer v. State | Hamilton | Liquor Violation |
Jeff Palmer was charged with the illegal possession of liquor |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 793 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | J. W. Harris v. Lenoir City et al. | Loudon | Ordinance Violation |
Additional defendants: Stanley Barnett, T.J. Campbell, Lacy Keebler, Luther Lancaster, H. Law, John Johnson, William Hair, William Holder, J.W. Bussell, W.A. Peek, H.L. Bacon, and Richard M. Goss. Harris sued over contract the Lenoir City Mayor entered into with the Fairbanks Morris Co. to buy an oil engine for $18,839.76 for city's waterworks. Plaintiff wanted def. restrained from purchasing said engine and save the city from enormous debt. A current steam boiler could be repaired for less. |
East | Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1378 | 173 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Jack Edwards v. State | Unicoi | Liquor Violation |
Edwards was found guilty of manufacturing "intoxicating whiskey and brandy… against the peace and dignity of the State." Deputy Sheriff and other officers went to the site of a still on Rock Creek, and saw two men running away from it. Edwards was nabbed. |
East | Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1388 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Jefferson City, Tennessee v. Bernard Mills | Jefferson | Liquor Violation |
Defendant charged with violating a Jefferson City ordinance & disturbing the peace of the city by selling liquor within the corporation limits on the date of 17 Dec, 1931. |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1443 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | John Ayers v. State | Campbell | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff in error is accused of being in possession of intoxicating liquor. Plaintiff was driving from Morley to Jellico and was being followed by a deputy sheriff. Plaintiff pulled his car into an alley near a store owned by Reuben Murray where he was finally arrested and searched. There is a question about the legality of the search warrant used to search the plaintiff's car. A copy of the warrant is included in the case file. |
East | Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1360 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Jesse Hyder v. State | Cumberland | Liquor Violation |
Appeal from Criminal Court, Cumberland Co. Criminal possessing intoxicating liquors, including wine, whiskey, ale, and beer. Violation of Ch. 12, Senate Bill No. 186, Acts of 1917. |
East | Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1407 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Kaiser Weaver, alias, Addison Mynatt, alias & Phillip Hinderlight alias | Knox | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 232 | 16 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1932 | Oscar Hall v. State | Polk | Liquor Violation |
A. B. Green, a Polk County Sheriff, noticed Hall standing in front of the Antioch Church near Benton, Tennessee, and observed several people surrounding him. Upon investigation, Green determined that Hall was under the influence of alcohol. Agreeing not to arrest him if he went home, Green allowed Hall to enter his car and drive away. Shortly after, Green heard a crash and found that Hall had run off the road. He was then arrested. |
East | Range: 10 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1501 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | State v. Van Wilder | Haywood | Liquor Violation |
Wilder was reported to the sheriff by W. V. Whitten. Sheriff issued a search warrant, and found Wilder, owner/operator of a hotel in Brownsville, in possession of intoxicating liquors violating many liquor laws. |
West | Range: 77 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 2120 | 45 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | State v. Will Sauls | Anderson | Liquor Violation |
Cause of action: Possessing liquor. |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 789 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | State v. Jarvis Kite | Carter | Liquor Violation |
Kite charged and convicted of possessing and transporting liquor. He was fined $100. Kite appealed. |
East | Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1389 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | State v. E. L. Banner | Carter | Liquor Violation |
Banner charged and convicted of possessing and transporting more than 1 gallon of whiskey. He was sentenced to 1 year and 1-2 days in penitentiary. |
East | Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1389 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | State v. Floyd Rainwater | Cocke | Violation of Age of Consent |
Defendant charged with violating the age of consent. However on the basis that he and woman in question were married, defendant motioned for mistrial. The court found that the marriage was never valid and therefore he was convicted of violating the age of consent. |
East | Range: 10 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1468 | 74 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Sam Waters v. State | Blount | Liquor Violation |
"Manufacturing whiskey." |
East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 171 | 157 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | State v. Sarah Benjamin | Hamilton | Liquor Violation |
Defendant originally indicted for unlawfully possessing liquor on 17 Dec. 1930. Also accused of unlawfully personally transporting intoxicating liquors from "a place unknown" to another place in the county & selling liquor within 4 miles of a school. Bonds with signatures included. |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 794 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | State v. Lee Collins& Ike Kinser | Greene | Liquor Violation |
Incomplete case file. Defendants are accused of illegally manufacturing liquor. |
East | Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1363 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | State v. Hugh Gilreath | Sevier | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff, along with Moore Allen, is accused of receiving, possessing and transporting whiskey. The defendant was initially arrested for public intoxication. Said whiskey was found after the car he was driving was searched. |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1432 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | State v. J. Homer Smith | Knox | Violation of Age of Consent |
Plaintiff is charged with said felony against Helen Stevens. |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1437 | 299 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Tom Sewell & Eddie Jackson v. State | Hamilton | Liquor Violation |
"Transporting whiskey." |
East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 175 | 44 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Town of Greeneville v. W.A. Harris | Greene | Ordinance Violation |
Harris charged and convicted of violating Ordinance #118 and fined $50. Harris appealed. Ordinance #118 prohibited the keeping of a house of ill fame for the purpose of prostitution and lewdness, any gambling house, or any house where drunkenness, quarrelling, fighting or other breaches of the peace were carried on. |
East | Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1392 | 39 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Tom Martin v. State | Loudon | Liquor Violation |
County deputy sheriff Lee Scott purportedly obtained a warrant to search the home of Tom Martin. Deputy John Bailey accompanied Scott. After arriving at Martin's house, they searched him and found four bottles of whiskey in his pockets and three bottles tied under his belt. He was charged with possession of intoxicating liquors. |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1449 | 52 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | W. A. Torrance v. State | Carter | Liquor Violation |
The plaintiff in error was in a room at the Jewel Hotel when W. J. Fair, Sheriff of Carter County, entered the hotel looking for another man. Fair testified that the plaintiff invited him into his room where a bottle of whiskey was sitting in the open. Fair immediately arrested the plaintiff. The plaintiff argues that the search was illegal and the evidence against him was obtained illegally. |
East | Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1404 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Walter Smith v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
Deputy Scott Vines arrested Smith after Smith tossed away a box--while Vines was running after him. The deputy later examined the box, smelled liquor, and arrested Smith. Some members of the jury sampled the evidence. The trial took place while Prohibition was still in effect. |
East | Range: 10 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1450 | 44 | Order A Copy |