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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 |
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| View Entry | 1878 | Bailey P. Harrison v. State | Sumner | Assault and Battery |
Assault of Martha Jones. Joseph C. Stark, Judge of 10th Circuit, W. N. Cowden, Circuit Court Clerk, B. D. Bell, District Attorney General, D. P. Hart, Constable of Sumner Co. Jurors: J. K. Taylor, E. H. Green, J. J. Smith, T. F. Honeycutt, A. W. Overton, H. P. Enloe, George Schleuter, Charles Poston, M. V. Trout, H. E. Love, V. H. Allen, A. Escue. E. T. Bush, Foreman. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | Jacob Turner v. Thomas Stratton | Sumner | Assault and Battery |
Jacob Turner claims Thomas Stratton beat and wounded him severely and he seeks damages for his pain and suffering |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1827 | Matilda v. John Crenshaw | Sumner | Assault and Battery |
Slave case. Recorded in Book H, Page 477. Additional parties Stephen Crenshaw next friend of the slave Matilda. The charge includes false imprisonment. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 184 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1817 | Noah B. Tindale v. John Shelby | Sumner | Assault and Battery |
Hon. Bennett Searcy, Circuit Ct. Judge, 3rd Circuit in Smith Co. Hon. Nathaniel W. Williams, Circuit Ct. Judge in Sumner Co. Anthony B. Shelby, Circuit Ct. Clerk for Sumner Co. Originally heard in Sumner Court; change of venue to Carthage, Smith Co. Jurors: William Pendarris (sic), Elijah Haynie, Joel Dyer, Jacob Feght, Abram Overrall, John Feght, George Tunney, Robert W. Roberts, Phillip Sutton, William Short, Matthew Duke, Jeremiah Taylor; Patrick Darby, John H. Bowen; Felix Grundy |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212A | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | State v. Robert M. Boyers | Sumner | Assault and Battery |
Writ of capias. Evidently, defendant had fled the region and was ordered back to answer Court of Errors & Appeals in Nashville for sentencing of original crime. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 378 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | Thomas Whitney v. State | Sumner | Assault and Battery | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 0 | Order A Copy |