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The files located in the Tennessee Supreme Court Cases represent an especially valuable resource for historical and genealogical research at the Tennessee State Library and Archives [TSLA].
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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1885 | Ashbury Bradford v. State | Jefferson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Ashbury Bradford was charged with assault with intent to commit manslaughter. He assaulted the body of Thomas Howell with a knife. The men were fighting over one of them having their arm around a woman. |
East | Range: 19 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1906 | 43 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Maggie E. Rice v. Memphis& White River Packet Company | Shelby | Assault |
Rice was sued the company for $10,000 "for violently, forcibly, illegally, maliciously, and willfully ejecting" herself and her little child from a steamboat. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 286 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Nat Harry v. State | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The incident took place in Carpenter's Saloon on 628 Market St in Chattanooga. Harry was charged with shooting W. R. Jenkins with a pistol in the first degree. Charles Hodges was also charged. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 81 | 76 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. Thomas M. Alexander | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Victim: J. J. Smith |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 282 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. Thomas McBride | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The victim in this case was a man named A. K. Sloan, who McBride was accused of shooting. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 284 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. David McMackins | Carroll | Assault |
McMackins accused of stabbing with intent to kill. Witness testimony included. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 291 | 66 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. Bery[?] Moody, alias Hibbett | Montgomery | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Charles Crass |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 560 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. William Goodman | Roane | Assault |
Assault with intent to rob. Victim: Alexander Harris. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 593 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. Wesley Williford | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Victim: George Thornton |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. J. M. Horton | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Wife beater. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 281 | 79 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. J. J. Finnegan | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Defendant indicted for assaulting Nora Finnegan on 28 July 1884. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 288 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. J. W. Moore | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The victim's name in this case is James Roper. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 299 | 69 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. Campbell Smith, et al. | DeKalb | Assault and Battery |
Additional defendant: George Smith. Victim: L. R. Lucas. Transcript and Bill of Cost housed in MT Box 690 |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 521 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. S. F. Warren | Lincoln | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: John P. Cawley. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 563 | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. Daniel Saylors, alias Shug Saylors, et al. | Putnam | Assault and Battery |
Additional Defendants: Combs Saylors, Mack Neal. Victim: Dolly Howard. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 564 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. Austin Tarver | Roane | Assault and Battery |
Victim: Jacob Brown. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 593 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. William Wilson | Roane | Assault, Felonious |
Victim: W. J. Arp. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 593 | 4 | Order A Copy |