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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 | 1932 | State v. Bud Sipes & R. C. Melson | Madison | Assault, Felonious |
Dfnts. were accused of the assault to commit murder in the first degree of Joe Matthews. Matthews' family ran a filling station "at the intersection of the Jackson and Bolivar road, what is known as the Steam Mill Ferry Road." After midnight on the night of May 31, 1931 a car of men drove up to a neighboring gas station, and before they left fired a shotgun blast at the Matthews' station, hitting the door jamb in which Joe was standing. In 2 folders. |
West | Range: 77 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 2081 | 239 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | State v. Bud Sipes | Madison | Assault, Felonious |
The Hills: Henry, Lena, Jessie Lee, J. C., Alfred, and John Allen, were sleeping in their home when they were attacked by group of men in the middle of the night. The Hills were African American.The group shot out all of the windows in the home, and fired shots at the family, striking Lena and four-year old John Allen. Hill identified R. C. Melson, Lee Melson, "another gentleman, his cousin, little white boy called Sooner...Will Reid, Tump Givens, and Vincent "Preacher" Comer" in the group. In 4 folders. |
West | Range: 77 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 2080 | 644 | Order A Copy |