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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1941 | Bill Reese v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possessing Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 113 | 35 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Benjamin Glisson v. State | Washington | Murder | East | Range: 18 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1931 | 58 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1941 | Bill Kimbrough, et al. v. State | Knox | Robbery |
Additional Plaintiff: Haze Jefferies. |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 204 | 57 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Bob Sampson v. State | Blount | Unknown |
Incomplete case file. Order dismissing appeal and remanding only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1101 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Cecil Crowe v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possession of Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 117 | 57 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Cecil Lane v. State | Greene | Manslaughter |
"Voluntary Manslaughter." Victim: Melvin Ball. Includes xrays. |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 239 | 218 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Carl Ruth v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 230 | 46 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1941 | Crawford McNabb v. State | Marion | Manslaughter, Voluntary |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Victim not listed. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1091 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Charlie Hipps v. State | Greene | Robbery | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 108 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1941 | Charlie Brummitt v. State | Knox | Murder |
"Murder in the Second Degree." Victim: Langston Byous. |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 315 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Charles Brummitt v. State | Knox | Murder |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Victim not listed. Last name also spelled Brummett. Anderson county also listed. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1091 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Dr. D. T. Chambers v. State | Scott | Manslaughter |
"Involuntary Manslaughter." Shooting Victim: Hoyal Byrd. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 145 | 295 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Elmer Sexton, alias Dutch Sexton v. State | Scott | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Curtis Keaton. |
East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 149 | 52 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Earnest Dixon, et al. v. State | Knox | Rape |
Additional Plaintiff: John Dockery. Victim: Susan Leeper. 4 folders. |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 245 | 893 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Everett (Put) Asbury et al. v. State | Campbell | Other |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Cause of action: Conspiracy. Additional plaintiffs: William (Bill) Hensley, Ed Meadows and Isaac (Ike) Neal. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1101 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Eagle Pilky v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Vestal Pridemore. |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 133 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Earl Hux v. State | Greene | Liquor Violation |
"Possessing Liquor." |
East | Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 255 | 42 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Ernest Dixon& John Dockery v. State | Knox | Rape |
Petition for Rehearing. |
East | Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 771 | 7 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Eugene McBrayer v. State | Blount | Manslaughter, Involuntary |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1101 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Forrest Mantooth v. State | Blount | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Victim not listed. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1091 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Fred Musgrave v. State | Johnson | Liquor Violation |
"Selling Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 143 | 34 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | George Holbert v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
"Violating the Bone Dry Law." |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 204 | 86 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Grover Reed v. State | Knox | Manslaughter, Voluntary |
Victim: Troy Draper. |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 321 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Gilbert Austin v. State | Washington | Assault with Force and Arms |
Stabbing. Victim: Alice Trent. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 117 | 31 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Gladys Walker v. State | Hamilton | Liquor Violation |
"Possession of Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 219 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Herman Smith v. State | Blount | Liquor Violation |
Incomplete case. Judgment only. Unlawful possession of liquor. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1092 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Houston McNabb v. State | Marion | Manslaughter, Voluntary |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Victim not listed. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1091 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Ivory McDaniel v. State | Bledsoe | Murder |
Incomplete case file. Victim: Ola Thurman. Case file is oversize. |
East | Range: 8 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: Oversize 1 | 11 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Jess Clark v. State | Roane | Murder |
Murder in the First Degree. Victim: Lella Clark. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 109 | 166 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | John Moffett v. State | Jefferson | Manslaughter |
"Involuntary Manslaughter." Shooting Victim: Charles Walker. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 143 | 109 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | John Ricker, et al. v. State | Greene | Robbery |
Additional Plaintiff: Lucille Craig. |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 39 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | James Harris, et al. v. State | Bradley | Breaking and Entering |
Charges also include Larceny. Additional Plaintiff: Emmitt Price. |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 56 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | John Davis& Rufus Hughley v. State | Hamilton | Rape |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1101 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | John McReynolds v. State | Campbell | Manslaughter |
"Voluntary Manslaughter." Shooting Victim: Jim Ivey. |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 235 | 121 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | James McGuire v. State | Bradley | Arson | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 242 | 34 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1941 | John Collins alias Callis & Clifton Dyers v. State | Hamilton | Robbery |
Incomplete case file. Collins is accused of stealing $99 from Dennis Craft. |
East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 326 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Jack Martin v. State | Hamilton | Burglary |
Incomplete case file. Martin was accused of breaking and entering the business of J. B. Walker, doing business under the name of J. B. Walkers Feed Store with intent to commit larceny. He was accused of stealing $8 and 6 cartons of cigarettes. |
East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 326 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | LeRoy Breeden v. State | Knox | Murder, 2nd degree |
Victim: Clarence Hurst, alias Cotton Hurst. |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 150 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Martin Eli Russell | Blount | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1091 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Orville Monday & George Armstrong v. State | Knox | Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1101 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Paule Finchum v. State | Jefferson | Murder |
"Murder in the First Degree." Victim: Ray Moore. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 141 | 141 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Phil Glover v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
"Violating the Bone Dry Law." |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 219 | 40 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Phil Glover v. State | Knox | Other |
"Driving Without a Driver's License." |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 249 | 45 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Roxie Jilton, alias Roxie Sheet& Myrtle Scott v. State | Washington | Assault and Battery |
"Hair-pulling contest." Victim: Bonnie Densmore. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 119 | 68 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Roy Taylor v. State | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Taylor is accused of assaulting Tom J. Rogers with a club with intent to kill. Rogers and Tylor had a disagreement about a ownership of a mower and then Taylor accused Rogers of shooting his dog. |
East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 326 | 91 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Robert Stamey, et al. v. State | Roane | Rape |
Assault and Battery and Attempted Rape. Additional Plaintiffs: Ralph Hall and Robert Hall. Victim: Eva Mae Langley. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 111 | 113 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Ralph McWhorter v. City of Chattanooga | Hamilton | Other |
Cause of Action: Disorderly Conduct. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 221 | 23 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Roy Walden v. State | Knox | Rape |
2 Folders. |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 198 | 469 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | State v. Nathan Honeycutt | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possession of Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 115 | 42 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | State v. Glenn Smelcer | Jefferson | Murder |
Victim: Stella Weems Smelcer. 2 folders. Newspapers also included. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 143 | 520 | Order A Copy |