Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1880 E. M. Droke v. State Sullivan Assault

Droke was on trail for claiming he would assault the plaintiff with a rock if he did not leave the area. He was also overheard using profanity during the altercation.

 East Range: 19 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1680 15 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. James Oaks et al. White Assault with Intent to Kill

Other defendants: Owen Gentry, Charles Harrison, & Sidney Tindle or Tindal. Actual charge is Prowling in Disguise but the listed charges include trespassing, assault, and intent to kill. Intended victim was Rachel Earles.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 56 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Atta Shackelford Coffee Assault and Battery

Victim of the assault: Sallie Anderson.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 56 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. T. G. Brown Wayne Assault and Battery

Defendant was accused of assualting and beating Thomas Bell.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 67 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. John Brown Davidson Assault

Defendant is accused of assaulting Joseph Hofsletter.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 70 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Newton Bowin Gibson Assault with Intent to Kill

The defendant, an African-American, was accused of stabbing a man named Sam Olliphant.

 West Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 149 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. William Fare Dyer Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

The defendant was accused of assaulting an eighteen-year old woman named Lundy McCoy. Both were African-Americans.

 West Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 149 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Jim Neal Shelby Assault and Battery

Defendant "then and there did strike, beat, bruise, & wound the said George Phillips and other grievous wrongs and injuries … against the peace and dignity of the state."

 West Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 151 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Henry Bowman Montgomery Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Incomplete file.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 552 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. William Butler Shelby Assault with Intent to Kill

Incomplete case file. Indictment only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Joseph Smith Shelby Assault with Intent to Kill

Incomplete case file. Judgment only.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1236 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Wash Lewis Montgomery Assault with Intent to Kill

Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Victim possibly could have been Charley Martin.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 5 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. John Reid (col.) Madison Assault, Felonious

Incomplete case file. Judgment only.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1241 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Gilbert Lanier, (col.) Davidson Assault

Actual charge is Malicious Stabbing. Defendant is accused of assaulting William Miller (colored).

 Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 56 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Alex Kirby Montgomery Assault with Intent to Kill

Attacked G. Hollowman.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. George Smith Franklin Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

George Smith was African American. Victim: Sun Landers.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Nimrod Reed Jackson Assault and Battery

Victim: Noah Phillips.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 66 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. John Jones DeKalb Assault and Battery

Defendant was accused of striking Jefferson Pack with a stick. Additional parties: Dock Jones.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 67 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. John Pentecost Clay Assault and Battery

Defendant is accused of assaulting and beating one Susan Reels.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 67 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Nancy Shibley Shelby Assault West Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 142 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Jonah Kelley Weakley Assault with Intent to Kill West Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 149 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. James Moore et al. Benton Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Additional Defendants: Ethridge Moore, Stephen Townsend, Henry Coble, James Townsend, William Williams, and Lish Townsend. The defendants were charged with assaulting a woman named Mary F. Townsend.

 West Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 150 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. G. W. Kneedle Shelby Assault with Intent to Kill

Defendant charged with "assault and battery with intent to murder" in attack on J. A. Signiago(?). Attack occurred 19 Jan. 1880.

 West Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 150 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Peter Corrigan Shelby Assault and Battery

Defendant charged with attacking James Cornell(?) on 19 Feb. 1880. Defendants named also spelled Corrington in the case.

 West Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 150 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. W. S. Curtis Shelby Assault with Force and Arms

The actual charge is Malicious Shooting, but the jury finds the defendant guilty of Assault. The defendant (white) was allegedly one of a group of men who fired into a train full of black people who were returning to Memphis from a church event.

 West Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 151 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Charles Leftwich Shelby Assault and Battery

Case notes include a lengthy discussion of a fee that was charged to the defendant.

 West Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 151 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. James Williams Davidson Assault with Intent to Kill

Indictment on three counts for 1. assault with intent to commit murder, 2. assault with intent to commit murder in second degree, 3. assault with intent to commit manslaughter. Victim was George W. Marshall. The attack occurred on Sept. 6, 1875. Sup. Ct quashed the third count and defendant plead guilty to assault and battery. At trial, jury held defendant not guilt on counts 1 and 2 of the indictment, but guilty on the assault and battery charge.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 26 15 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Tom Williams Wilson Assault with Intent to Kill

Incomplete case file. Judgment only.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. William Kirby McMinn Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Incomplete case file.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Tom Williams; State v. Rob Ready Wilson Assault with Intent to Kill

Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Two case judgments combined. Rob Ready charged with Larceny.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Solomon Brewer Hardin Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Incomplete case file. Judgment only.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1241 5 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 Thomas Whitney v. State Sumner Assault and Battery Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 0 Order A Copy