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Tennessee Supreme Court Cases
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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1851 | John F. Farris v. State | Meigs | Arson |
Lively McRoy, spinster, and John F. Farris, laborer, set fire to and burned down James Pearse's (Pierce) mill house containing valuable property. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1155 | 34 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | State v. George W. Deathridge | Meigs | Arson |
Deathridge & 2 others, Philip Wilson & George Gideon, charged with arson for setting fire to a storehouse belonging to Jacob Peake & containing $3,000 worth of goods & merchandise belonging to Joseph T. Bryan, John K. Brown & Morgan Bryan. Deathridge testified against Wilson & Gideon. Venue moved to Hamilton County. Originally, Deathridge said he was with Wilson & Gideon building a raft, but later confessed & said Wilson & Gideon came to him to go with them on a frolic. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1138 | 39 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1851 | State v. Phillip Wilson, et al | Meigs | Arson |
Additional Defendants: George Gideon & George Desheridge/Detheridge. def.s. charged with setting fire to a store house belonging to Jacob Peake on 29 Jan. 1851. Building itself valued at $500; it also contained a considerable amount of "goods, wares, & merchandise" belonging to Joseph T. & Morgan Bryan, & John K. Brown, valued at about $3000. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1156 | 26 | Order A Copy |