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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1878 | Bailey P. Harrison v. State | Sumner | Assault and Battery |
Assault of Martha Jones. Joseph C. Stark, Judge of 10th Circuit, W. N. Cowden, Circuit Court Clerk, B. D. Bell, District Attorney General, D. P. Hart, Constable of Sumner Co. Jurors: J. K. Taylor, E. H. Green, J. J. Smith, T. F. Honeycutt, A. W. Overton, H. P. Enloe, George Schleuter, Charles Poston, M. V. Trout, H. E. Love, V. H. Allen, A. Escue. E. T. Bush, Foreman. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Henry Payne et al.v. State | Davidson | Assault with Force and Arms |
Additional parties: John Robinson, Henry Frierson, Ive Lorris. The official charge in this case was Malicious Shooting. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | John Crabtree v. State | Campbell | Assault |
Crabtree and Calvin Marcum are charged with murdering John Murphy by shooting him with a gun. Murphy and Crabtree were having a shooting contest for whiskey when the two began arguing. The initial shot went through Murphy's ear but did not kill him. It was several minutes before the second deadly shot occurred. Crabtree is arguing self-defense. In the witness testimony there are several references to Murphy holding a masonic lodge. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 623 | 55 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Levi Edge v. State | DeKalb | Assault and Battery |
T. C. Maddox was assaulted |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Rueben McAdoo v. State | Cannon | Assault | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1878 | State v. H. J. King | Warren | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. King was accused of stabbing B. N. Myers. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 26 | 11 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | State v. F. D. Pursely et. al. | Smith | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Henry L. Horn. Add. defendants: Vit. Pursely, Amos Kirkpatrick, Andy McDonald, and Amon Manier. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 37 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | State v. George Houston | Shelby | Assault |
Houston was charged with the "malicious shooting" of Washington Mayes. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 118 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | State v. Samuel Templeton | Warren | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Charge was attempted murder by beating with a pistol Tom Cardwell, also of Warren County. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 37 | 54 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | State v. Daniel Ladd alias Dandy | Putnam | Assault with Intent to Kill | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1878 | State v. William Lowery | DeKalb | Assault | Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 71 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1878 | State v. John H. Wells | Sumner | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: John G. Stuart. Additional parties: Jeff Lewis and C. R. Head. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 43 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | State v. Robert Pierce | Overton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Additional Parties: Henry W. Harrison. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 49 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | State v. William Barton | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Defendant had been charged with assaulting John McClellan on 18 March 1877, and found guilty of assault with intent to commit murder in the second degree. Nathan Barton named as William Barton's accomplice in attack on McClellan. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 110 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | State v. Monroe L. Law | Shelby | Assault |
Jesse Reid, victim. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 120 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Thomas Smith (col.) v. State | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Thomas Smith, colored, shot James H. Young. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 36 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Thomas Lawrence v. State | Hamblen | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Thomas Lawrence was charged with assault and battery with the intent to commit a rape. The victim was a young woman named Lula Austin. Thomas Lawrence worked for her father and was living on the Austin's property at the time. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1636 | 6 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Thomas Jones v. State | Putnam | Assault | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 43 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1878 | Thomas W. Vance v. State | Jefferson | Assault and Battery |
Vance was accused of beating Amanda Bacon with a stick. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1630 | 26 | Order A Copy |