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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 | 1904 | James Long v. State | Hawkins | Assault |
After hearing she had been talking about him, B. A. Arnold went to James Long's wife and called her a "stinking, dirty liar." James Long challenged Arnold, Arnold replying that he could not fight fair with a person of color. Arnold ran toward his tobacco barn to get his shot gun and Long produced a pistol, steadied himself and shot Arnold, allegedly to simply stop him from pursuing his shot gun. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 3a | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Jerry Davis v. State | Washington | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he assaulted D. D. Pugh with intent to commit murder in the second degree. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 91 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Nathan Watkins v. State | Haywood | Assault and Battery |
Victim: Mary Elizabeth Frank also last name stated as Franklin. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1025 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. Frank Slaughter | Shelby | Assault |
Assaulted J. A. Nunnly with a knife |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 718 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. Albert Davis | Shelby | Assault with Force and Arms |
Assaulted Fred Jackson with a loaded pistol. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 718 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. Louis Barnwell | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Victim: C. H. Rayborne |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 878 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. John Denver | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Victim: Eliza Goodwin |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 880 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. Walter Lanier | Dyer | Assault and Battery |
Victim: J. A. Dozier |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 882 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. H. S. Keitel | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: William Pritchard Alternate defendant name: S. H. Keitel |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 882 | 235 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. Allen Wright | McNairy | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Wright (17) is accused of assaulting Maggie Peery, a schoolgirl, with intent to rape. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 889 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. Gus Wolf | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Additional defendant: Mrs. C. R. Wolf Victim: S. R. Baxter No Docket Number |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 884 | 110 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. J. O. Hoyle | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Victim was Mable Reese, noted as being under the age of 10. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1113 | 43 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. Will Smith | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Defendant originally found guilty of beating Salina Harris with his fists on 30 Dec. 1903. Appealing sentence. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 874 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. James Rogers | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Plaintiff had been charged with assaulting Vera Compton, a girl about 11 years old, with the intention to commit rape on 18 May 1903. Attack took place in butcher shop where defendant worked. Defendant found guilty with "mitigating circumstances". |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 886 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. Eddie Stegall | Carroll | Assault and Battery |
Victim: Herbert Barnhill |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 892 | 125 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. M. P. Langford | Gibson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: H. D. Mason |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 998 | 36 | Order A Copy |