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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1931 | Buford Cole v. State | Sevier | Assault, Felonious |
Pla. in error is accused of stabbing Charlie Dodgin with a pocket knife with intent to kill. Pla. in error, his wife, Otha Reagan, and Dodgin spent the night at Skiyuki Inn, which is described as a restaurant and soft drink stand. During the night, all of the parties consumed whiskey. After Pla. in error fell asleep, Dodgin and Pla.'s wife got into an argument and struck each other. Upon learning this, the Pla. in error went to Dodgin and stabbed him. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1325 | 37 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1936 | J. O. Edington v. State | Sevier | Assault, Felonious |
Three cases decided against Edington for carrying a blackjack, carrying a pistol, and felonious assault upon F. L. Hicks, the prosecutor! Large number of witnesses giving testimony. Exhibits include wallpaper samples (Edington was a paper hanger) entered during W. A. Coughorn testimony, Hicks's arrest warrant for [Joseph Otis Edington], and wallpaper receipts. Testimony includes that of character witnesses for Edington. Indexed. |
East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 916 | 465 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1865 | Peyton McCrosky v. State | Sevier | Assault, Felonious |
This is an appeal. Peyton, a free black man, was accused of assault upon Leannah Reed, who was white, shooting and wounding her hand & arm on 22 March, 1865. Circuit court found Peyton guilty and sentenced 5 yrs. hard at the TN State Penitentiary. All of this came out of a scuffle between Peyton and Leannah's son Harrison Reed over a bottle of Whiskey. When Peyton wouldn't give it up to Harrison, he called for his mother to bring his pistol. The firearm discharged when Peyton grabbed for it. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1139 | 24 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1943 | Ray Kirby v. State | Sevier | Assault with Intent to Kill |
"Assault with Intent to Commit Voluntary Manslaughter." Victim: Glen Tarwater. Exhibits include Tarwater's soiled shirt and pants in ET OV 28. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 123 | 219 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1934 | State v. Will LaFollette | Sevier | Assault |
Incomplete. First page of Bill of Exceptions transcript only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 92 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | State v. William Leak | Sevier | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Leak was charged with assaulting John Maples "with rocks, sticks, and pistols" and with intent to murder Maples. |
East | Range: 19 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1804 | 30 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | State v. John Evans | Sevier | Assault with Intent to Kill | East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 680 | 20 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1935 | State v. Will Lafollette | Sevier | Assault, Felonious |
The defendant was accused of assaulting Connie Hurst with a deadly weapon. |
East | Range: 8 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 839 | 372 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1850 | State v. Abraham Smith | Sevier | Assault |
Smith accused of assaulting Abijah Robeson with an axe & with a hoe handle, with the intent to kill Robeson. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1136 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1872 | State v. James M. Spurgeon | Sevier | Assault, Felonious |
Victim: Mary Case. The defendant used force of arms and certain dangerous weapons (a bow) to maliciously make an assault with intent to kill in the first degree. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1242 | 57 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1903 | State v. Charles McNulty alias Cow Mouth | Sevier | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Killed Cottrell Childress with a brick. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 842 | 45 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1857 | State v. Radford Gatlin& Elizabeth Gatlin | Sevier | Assault and Battery |
Radford Gatlin and Elizabeth Gatlin are charged with assault and battery of Thomas Ogle. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1100 | 32 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1877 | State v. Lafayette Taylor | Sevier | Assault, Felonious |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1156 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1857 | State v. Cromwell Delozier | Sevier | Assault and Battery |
Andrew Delozier also listed as a defendant. Victim: Caroline Delozier. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1163 | 25 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1910 | State v. Robert Porterfield | Sevier | Assault |
Felonious Assault. Victim: J.E. Holt. The defendant assaulted the victim with a pistol after he threatened the victim's wife by lunging at her with the same pistol. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1168 | 89 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1948 | Wayne Sharp v. State | Sevier | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 150 | 202 | Order A Copy |