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Tennessee Supreme Court Cases
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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1901 | Charlie W. Harrison v. State | Gibson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: F. M. Hays. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 770 | 36 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1901 | State v. Oscar Kraemer | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Alias of defendant: Oscar Kremer. Victim was Julia Koenig, "a female under the age of ten years." |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 768 | 139 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1901 | State v. Will Lewis | Hardin | Assault and Battery |
Victim: Frank Ross. |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 745 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1901 | State v. Wade DuBose | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Cause of action: Assault and battery with intent to commit robbery. Assault on the person of Sam Adams. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 768 | 34 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1901 | State v. John Shaw | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Victim: Purnie Rushton. See also WT Box 793. Part of case also located in WT 793. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 776 | 61 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1901 | State v. Julius Gibson | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Brief for the state lays out the facts of the case. Defendant shot prosecutor Charlie Williams 3 times for no reason. Williams fell, but Gibson dry-fired the pistol at him twice more. According to the shooter, Williams had mistreated Gibson's sister. The state admitted that the prosecutor did indeed follow her through a field & woodland, "perhaps for the purpose of soliciting accommodations from her". It stated that "she was or had been a lewd woman, and this was known to the prosecutor." |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 808 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1901 | State v. Wayne Pile | Union | Assault with Force and Arms |
Brief. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 815 | 3 | Order A Copy |