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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1874 | Calvin Porter v. State | Madison | Arson |
Indictment. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 248 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | State v. Lewis Glidewell, col'd. | Madison | Arson |
Actual charge is malicious burning. Defendant is charged with burning a barn containing a corn crib and sorghum molasses, the property of F. A. Weatherly. In the first reading of the charge, Robert Meriwether is also named. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 291 | 91 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | State v. T. W. Callis and James Callis | Madison | Arson |
Callis "willfully and maliciously" set fire to a building worth $3,000 which was then the property of A. A. Wilde; intended to injure and defraud the Continental Insurance Company, which was insuring the personal goods of T. W. Callis that were burned. |
West | Range: 77 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 2042 | 290 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1897 | State v. Hessie Smith | Madison | Arson |
Defendant also goes by alias of Lessie Smith. Convicted of arson for burning the barn or stable of Mr. Frank Anderson of Jackson, TN in April 1896. Defendant about 15 or 16 years old, African-American, had been employed by the Andersons about a week before the fire to be a "house girl and nurse" for their children. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 524 | 51 | Order A Copy |