Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1933 Annie Mae Thomas v. State Hamilton Assault

Annie Mae Thomas, alias Jones. Plaintiff in error is accused of assaulting Ora Byrd with a knife. Details of assault are unknown. Plaintiff's petition for parole notes that pla. is 18 years old, has never before been charged with a crime, and has worked one job for, "one of our best families" for four years.

 East Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1552 15 Order A Copy
View Entry 1933 John McDonald v. State Polk Assault, Felonious

Plaintiff in error is accused of assaulting Charlie Shelton with a pistol with intent to kill. Shelton was working in a field when the plaintiff allegedly began shooting at him from window in his home. Shelton and the plaintiff were neighbors and had been feuding for some time. Case sought to clarify the ownership of several shade trees. On the morning of the shooting, McDonald's wife Ida was arrested for threatening Shelton with a pistol.

 East Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1520 91 Order A Copy
View Entry 1933 Kenneth Baker v. the State Knox Assault, Felonious

21 year old Kenneth Baxter was accused of entering B.H. Sprankle's real estate office on Union Street in Knoxville, and robbing clerk Lavonne Edmonds of $108.10 at gun point. Baxter claimed to be ill with food borne illness and bed ridden at friend's house. Eye witnesses could not surely identify Baxter. Baker also produced a new witness, was already serving time in jail when the trial took place.

 East Range: 10 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1476 34 Order A Copy
View Entry 1933 Money Ward v. State Hawkins Assault with Intent to Kill

This case file is an appeal of a felony assault conviction. Plaintiff convicted of slitting his wife's throat with a razor.

 East Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1511 453 Order A Copy
View Entry 1933 Oscar Ladd v. State Marion Assault

Oscar Ladd is accused of beating deputy sheriff C. W. Watts with a flashlight. Ladd came to the jail and baited Watts to follow him into the country where he seems to have been ambushed by members of the Ladd family. Guns were pulled, but Ladd beat Watts' arm causing him to drop his weapon.

 East Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1527 15 Order A Copy
View Entry 1933 State v. L. B. Morley Johnson Assault

Defendant charged with assault for stabbing a man several times.

 East Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1531 230 Order A Copy
View Entry 1933 State v. L. B. Morley Sullivan Assault with Intent to Kill

L. B. Morley is charged with assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree. He assaulted one J.C. Muse with a knife.

 East Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1537 23 Order A Copy