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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 | 1880 | State v. Nimrod Reed | Jackson | Assault and Battery |
Victim: Noah Phillips. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 66 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. John Jones | DeKalb | Assault and Battery |
Defendant was accused of striking Jefferson Pack with a stick. Additional parties: Dock Jones. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 67 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. John Pentecost | Clay | Assault and Battery |
Defendant is accused of assaulting and beating one Susan Reels. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 67 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Peter Corrigan | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Defendant charged with attacking James Cornell(?) on 19 Feb. 1880. Defendants named also spelled Corrington in the case. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 150 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. W. S. Curtis | Shelby | Assault with Force and Arms |
The actual charge is Malicious Shooting, but the jury finds the defendant guilty of Assault. The defendant (white) was allegedly one of a group of men who fired into a train full of black people who were returning to Memphis from a church event. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 151 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Charles Leftwich | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Case notes include a lengthy discussion of a fee that was charged to the defendant. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 151 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Atta Shackelford | Coffee | Assault and Battery |
Victim of the assault: Sallie Anderson. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 56 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. T. G. Brown | Wayne | Assault and Battery |
Defendant was accused of assualting and beating Thomas Bell. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 67 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Jim Neal | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Defendant "then and there did strike, beat, bruise, & wound the said George Phillips and other grievous wrongs and injuries … against the peace and dignity of the state." |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 151 | 0 | 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 |