Case is incomplete; opinion only.

Final Decree only.

Incomplete case file. Nature and victim of assault are unknown.

Victim: Bobbie Snyder.

Knifing Victim: W. H. Stout. Name also spelled Raimbolt and Railbolt.

Camp Porter, an African American carpenter, was prosecuted for attempted petty larceny after breaking into the home of John Kent & attempt to rape Kent's wife, Elizabeth Ann Kent. Both Porter & Kent worked for Judge Temple, Porter even lived on his property. Porter would visit the Kent family to visit, while "picking his banjo." Rape charge dropped due to lack of evidence. Add'l documentation in Box ET 8.

Defendant is appealing the charge that he assaulted William Drake.

Victim: William Maddox.

Listed on cover sheet as "mayhem." For assaulting & putting out eye of William Henderson.

Dan Penn "colored" was charged with breaking and entering the mansion home of Ed. F. Seay who resided on S. Water Street in Gallatin. Penn was also charged with stealing a pistol and other goods when he was found with the pistol by the Marshall. Dan Penn denied all charges

Case also involves a charge of wrongful ejectment.

Plaintiffs were injured passengers, or guardian of same, of truck driven by Def. Glidden, who was involved in a car accident with Def. Davis. Add. Plaintiffs: Bobby Ritchie, Louis Hillis. Add. Defendants: Vance C. Davis.

Plaintiff stated that he owned a wagon of great value, $200, & that on May 29th, 1849 this wagon went missing. Later that day, plaintiff came upon the defendant in possession of said wagon. Daugherty sought damages of $200. Defendant denied knowing the wagon's owner & refused to relinquish it.

Berney was driving a Pontiac Roadster on a Claiborne County public road when he struck the bumper of a large truck operated by the defendant. Berney averred that truck driver had "unlawfully, carelessly, negligently, and recklessly parked said truck and left it standing" diagonally into the road in front of Brown's store (Speedwell, Tennessee).

Barnes sued after her husband Tom Barnes, "a middle aged colored man," was killed by an empty C. N. O. & T. P. railroad car. Mr. Barnes was employed unloading coal from boxcars. Plaintiff charges negligence on railway's part. Perhaps of interest is a passage explaining why poor people picked up coal and wood along the tracks. Other defendants: Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co., Southern Railway Co., and Belt Railway of Chattanooga. Other plaintiffs not named.

Plaintiff in error, originally tried with Eugene Lenons (Lermon) and T. N. Moore, is accused of breaking into a storehouse containing groceries and assorted goods belonging to O. K. Jones and Company and stealing 3 cases of cigarettes.

Case involves theft from James D. Maney.

Stabbing. Victim: Alice Trent.