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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 | 1889 | Henry White v. State | Gibson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: M. C. Whitehurst. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 490 | 149 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Hugh Copeland v. State | Knox | Assault and Battery |
Defendant was accused of assaulting John Carrington. He allegedly "beat, wound[ed], and ill treat[ed]" him. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 103 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | John Vance v. State | Sumner | Assault |
Plaintiff in error along with, James Durham, and Jacob Vance, are accused of assaulting Sam Fitts with a pistol with intent to kill. The dispute appears to have been caused by differences in opinion regarding an election. According to the case file, Fitts had previously been convicted of rape or attempted rape and served 9 months in jail. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 826 | 79 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | State v. Samuel Marks | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Docket number incomplete: 99_ _ |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 442 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | State v. George Brown | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Victims: Nelson McDonald and Albert Frayson |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 442 | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | State v. T. H. Lane | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
T.H. Lane was an appointed agent of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals in Shelby County. He came upon a mule being driven by a Mr. Mosley. Lane ordered Mosley to stop to allow his mule to be inspected. Mosley refused and Lane pulled a gun. |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 469 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | State v. J. F. Wilkerson | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Defendant is accused of striking A. H. Taylor with a whip. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 498 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | State v. Noah Adcock | DeKalb | Assault and Battery |
Adcock charged with assault and beat Jennie Wooldridge. Prior to the assault, Adcock, who was married, had sexual relations with Wooldridge. It's possible Wooldridge had sexual relations with multiple men. Jury found Adcock guilty and fined him $200. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 819 | 47 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | State v. Taylor Ford, et al. | Knox | Assault and Battery |
Additional Defendants: Elbert Ford and Joseph Ford. Charges of assault against the body of J. L. Wrinkle. Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | State v. James G. W. Clapp | Union | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The State charged Clapp with armed assault with intent to commit first degree murder for an attack on D. F. Smith in February of 1888. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1830 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | State v. T. K. Porter | Henry | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Porter is charged with assaulting A. B. White with a pistol, with the intent of murdering him (in the first degree). |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 440 | 68 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | State v. George Hammock | Anderson | Assault, Felonious |
Deft. charged with attacking F. M. Haynes with a knife with intent to kill on the date of 10 June 1888. |
East | Range: 19 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1804 | 52 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | State v. J. P. Dennis | Jackson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: G. B. Braswell. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 836 | 83 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | W. D. Bond v. State | Henry | Assault and Battery |
Victim: Jeff Love Sid Callicut, dec. also participated in the assault and battery with W. D. Pond. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 498 | 19 | Order A Copy |