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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 | 1921 | D. Thompson v. State | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 390 | 121 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Will McPeak | Wilson | Assault with Intent to Kill | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 175 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. George Keeton | Wayne | Assault with Intent to Kill | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 170 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Tom Hayes | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Cause of action: Assault with intent to commit incest with his daughter, Lou Ella Hayes, a girl aged about 17 years. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 426 | 94 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Julia Sanders | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill | Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 428 | 14 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Albert Butler | Gibson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Charged with assault and battery along with attempted second degree murder. Victim was Will Dowtin. |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1659 | 221 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Elmer Green | Gibson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim listed as Sam Harris. |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1660 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Purcell Porter | Benton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The defendant feloniously and willfully shot and wounded one Marshall Robinson with the intent to kill him in the first degree. |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1666 | 126 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Jesse Thomas | Dickson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Thomas Ethridge. Additional parties: Elizabeth Thomas. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 152 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. James Dodson | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Charge is assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree -- victim was Will Williams. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 169 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Jasper Gooch | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Defendant was convicted of the attempted murder of Abe Johns. Witnesses: Abe Johns, Lola Johns (Abe John's wife and defendant's first cousin), Jesse Weakley (age 13, Lola John's son by her first husband, Jesse Weakley, and Catherine Gooch, mother of Lola and defendant's aunt. |
East | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 69 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Gilbert Hickman | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Defendant was convicted of assaulting and wounding J. D. Binkley. B Witnesses: Henry Marshall and R. A. Brazil, Roy Darden, and Lela Duncan. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 69 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Robert Phillips | Lauderdale | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Defendant was charged with assault with intent to commit murder upon one Sam Cunningham. |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1666 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Hollis Buck | Henderson | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Buck is charged with unlawfully and feloniously making "an assault and battery upon May Stubblefield a female, with the unlawful and felonious intent then and there unlawfully and carnally know and abuse her, the said female, forcibly and against her will, she being then and there over twelve years of age." |
West | Range: 78 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1697 | 15 | Order A Copy |