Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1932 State v. Percy Tendle Lauderdale Murder, 1st degree

Tendle was accused with Clarence Hill and Clyde Hill of the murder of Denver Pilcher. Tendle was spelled variously as Tindall. Dfnt. testified he went to Pilcher's to discuss water and profits of a whiskey still. Dfnt. swore Pilcher shot at him first, and he only shot back in self-defense. Testified Pilcher shot twice, and he only shot once.

 West Range: 77 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 2083 197 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 State v. Ed Woods Gibson Murder, 1st degree

Woods was accused of killing Sarah Boyette in the first degree. Only once was dfnt. listed as Ed Woods, col. Witness stated, Boyette was stabbed in two places and beaten so severely her eye had to be sewn back in, her teeth were missing, and the back of her skull busted. Decedent was African American, too. She was last seen in an argument with dfnt., and leaving along the train rails. Her body was found on the tracks with blood over various rail elements. Housed in 2 folders.

 West Range: 77 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 2078 213 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 State v. Clifford Martin McNairy Murder, 1st degree

Indicted for Murder in the 1st, the jury returned a conviction of Involuntary Manslaughter. Martin was accused of killing "Artie or A. H. Gilchrist". Martin was a struggling farmer, and became indebted to Gilchrist, owner and operator of a cotton gin. Gilchrist agreed to settle the debt by a sale of Martin's 18 acres of land. Martin confronted Gilchrist about the picking of a crop, and during the argument shot him. In 2 folders.

 West Range: 77 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 2097 280 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 State v. O. C. Gibbons Gibson Murder, 1st degree

Dfnt. was accused of the premeditated murder, by gun, of "Uncle" Jonnie H. W. Davidson. Rumors in the town asserted Davidson was keeping a house of ill repute and were peddling the services of the three women there. Davidson was shot multiple times, one on the left side, one in the left eye, two in the neck, and one in the face. Davidson was threatened by Mr. Joe Warren the Wednesday before the Saturday on which he was shot, but he believed it to be a bluff. Housed in 4 folders.

 West Range: 77 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 2079 569 Order A Copy