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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1940 | Aaron Birchfield v. State | Monroe | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 130 | 40 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Arvil Brown v. State | Scott | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 145 | 36 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Albert Tipton & Anson Shelton v. State | Greene | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 170 | 56 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | A. L. Heck v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 230 | 10 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Anderson Phillips v. State | Hamilton | Manslaughter |
Two folders. |
East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 316 | 376 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Arthur Lawson v. State | Roane | Rape |
Additional Cause of Action: Statutory Rape. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 132 | 106 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Arvil Easter v. State | Roane | Larceny |
Cause of Action: Car Theft. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 134 | 185 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Arthur Tweed v. State | Greene | Manslaughter | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 172 | 303 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Amos Oglesby & E. J. Hankins v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 232 | 106 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Anderson Pears, alias Ayers v. State | Hamilton | Rape | East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 318 | 135 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Bobby Newt McDonald v. State | Scott | Larceny | East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 132 | 36 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Blaine Hensley v. State | Unicoi | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 144 | 28 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Bill Matlock v. State | McMinn | Receiving Stolen Goods | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 169 | 69 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Bob Smith v. State | Greene | Murder |
Additional Plaintiffs: Charlie Stills, Carl Dean. Victim: Starling Ricker. |
East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 170 | 208 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Brab Deck & Lenora King alias Mrs. Albert King | Greene | Adultery | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 172 | 92 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Bob Holland v. State | Greene | Assault | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 172 | 162 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Beecher Lawson v. State | Bradley | Liquor Violation |
"Possessing Liquor." |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 66 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Bill Bolton v. State | Campbell | Liquor Violation |
"Possessing Liquor." |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 237 | 32 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Bill Durham v. State | Hamilton | Murder |
Durham is accused of shooting Leroy Barnes. Durham was previously in jail on a liquor charge. |
East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 326 | 85 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Charlie Sexton v. State | Scott | Larceny | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 149 | 42 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Charles McCall v. State | Greene | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 172 | 39 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Creed McKissick v. State | Bradley | Manslaughter |
"Voluntary Manslaughter." John Henry Lockman. |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 131 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Claude Shular v. State | Knox | Assault | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 236 | 348 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Charles Hawkins v. State | Hamilton | Murder |
2 folders. |
East | Range: 6 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 314 | 235 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | City of Chattanooga v. Frank Steil | Hamilton | Other |
Defendant charged with operating an unbounded taxi, claims warrant is invalid because the city ordinance requiring taxis to be bonded violates the 14th amendment of the US Constitution. Judgment for Plaintiff, affirmed on appeal. |
East | Range: 6 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 387 | 47 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | City of Chattanooga v. Richard Cuzzart | Hamilton | Assault and Battery |
Victim: Earl Flegal. Defendant alias: Richard Cuzzort. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 613 | 42 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | City of Chattanooga v. Walter Matill | Hamilton | Other |
Failure to obtain construction permit. |
East | Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 762 | 61 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Cleave Robinson v. State | Washington | Manslaughter |
Vehicular Homicide. Victim: James Reedy. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 113 | 116 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Clay Renfro v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possessing Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 113 | 51 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Carl Kidwell v. State | Union | Counterfeiting | East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 144 | 141 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Clyde Rainbolt v. State | Johnson | Assault with Force and Arms |
Knifing Victim: W. H. Stout. Name also spelled Raimbolt and Railbolt. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 143 | 16 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Clyde Shultz v. State | Knox | Murder |
"Murder in the First Degree." Victim: Louise Shultz. 2 folders. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 219 | 397 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Charles D. Richards & Gillis W. Demney v. State | Knox | Conspiracy to Defraud | East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 176 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Charlie Stancil v. State | Hamilton | Larceny | East | Range: 6 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 312 | 14 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | City of Chattanooga v. Bert Wells, Louis Free | Hamilton | Other |
Cause of Action: Violation of Safety Lane Ordinance (# 2301). Exhibit Materials: warrants, city ordinance No. 2301, appeal bond, automobile registry, ticket. |
East | Range: 6 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 412 | 195 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Don Kelly v. State | Washington | Resisting an officer | East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 144 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Dewey Williamson v. State | Sevier | Murder | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 152 | 16 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | D. M. Bryant v. State | Hamilton | Driving Under the Influence/Driving While Intoxicated |
Incomplete case file. Cause of Action: Drunk Driving. |
East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 326 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | D. P. Carter & June Cameron v. State | Hamblen | Unlawful Cohabitation |
Carter & Cameron are accused of unlawfully committing the offence of lewdness by living together as man and wife and being a nuisance to the public in violation of the law. Cameron was Carter's (age 71) housekeeper. "live and cohabit together, they not being married, in lewd acts of sexual intercourse, fornication and adultery, unlawfully, openly, notoriously, publicly, scandalously, wickedly, and corruptly, to the manifest corruption of their own and of the public morals, and to the common nuisance." |
East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 328 | 46 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Dave Elkins v. State | Campbell | Manslaughter |
"Voluntary Manslaughter." Victim: Ike Pike. |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 237 | 113 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | E. J. Tallent v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
"Violating the Bone Dry Law." |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 219 | 45 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Ed Hill v. State | Hamilton | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 318 | 52 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Elmer Heck v. State | Greene | Malicious Destruction/ Mischief | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 172 | 122 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Ed McNew v. State | Knox | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 204 | 120 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Ed Meadows, et al. v. State | Campbell | Conspiracy to Commit Murder |
Additional plaintiffs: Everett Asbury, alias Put Asbury, William Hensley, and Isaac Neal. Victim: Archie Sharp. |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 237 | 171 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Ernest O'Mary v. State | Knox | Larceny, Grand | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 59 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Eddie Rowe alias v. State | Knox | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 230 | 28 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Frank Kelly v. State | Rhea | Murder | East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 132 | 31 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Fred Gentry v. State | Unicoi | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 144 | 88 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | F. R. Noe v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
"Violating the Bone Dry Law." |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 219 | 42 | Order A Copy |