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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1866 | State v. Lewis Davis et al | Blount | Assault and Battery |
Add. defendants: Rebecca Davis & Louisa Davis. Victim: Margaret Davis. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1200 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1930 | State v. Jack Cobb | Crockett | Assault and Battery |
Cobb was accused of assaulting Florence Searcy with a pistol with intention to commit murder whiles she was coming home. She was shot one time in the leg. |
West | Range: 77 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 2003 | 61 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | State v. John Hennegar | McMinn | Assault and Battery |
"…on the twentieth day of August, 1866, did unlawfully assault, beat, bruise and ill treat Mary Morgan…" |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1222 | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | State v. Holland Osborn [Osborne/Osburn], et al. | Knox | Assault and Battery |
Other defendants: Fielding Osborn; Robert Osborn; Nicholas Osborn. For assault and battery of James Harper. See also State v. Holland Osborne, Knox County, 1868 [ET 1189] & Holland Osburn v. State, Knox County, 1867 [ET 1219]. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1222 | 16 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | State v. William George | Knox | Assault and Battery |
Deft. was charged with assaulting M. (Mollie) J. Kiker on 8 Sept. 1879. On that date the deft., who was drunk, tried to enter Mollie Kiker's home. When she refused to let him enter and held the door against him, the deft. broke the door down, dislocating Mollie Kiker's shoulder when he did so. |
East | Range: 19 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1683 | 16 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1938 | State v. Preston Lyons | Hamilton | Assault and Battery |
Lyons convicted of assaulting his wife Edith, fined $400, sentenced to 60 days in workhouse. Edith was a reluctant witness for the state, who claimed Lyons knocked Edith down as she was going up the street & picked her up by her hair. He then hit her in the mouth while they were in the patrol wagon. Edith claimed she fell down & denied he hit her in the mouth. They had been married about a year at the time. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1255 | 53 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1835 | State v. Isaac Mabry | Anderson | Assault and Battery |
Mabry [alt. spelled Maberry] charged with assaulting Clark Sartin with a knife. Mabry found guilty, fined $50, and sentenced to 20 days in jail. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1250 | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1919 | State v. Clint Tipton | Tipton | Assault and Battery |
Victim: James Cotton. Beat and struck the victim with a stick. |
West | Range: 78 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1615 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | State v. T. N. Calhoun, Walter Calhoun& Tom Calhoun Jr. | McMinn | Assault and Battery |
Defendants charged with assaulting Gertie Cooter with their hands and fists and unlawfully strike, beat, bruise, and wound and otherwise injure her. Court found them guilty and fined them each $250. Defendants moved for new trial. |
East | Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1348 | 111 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | Sanford Noe v. State | Hamblen | Assault with Force and Arms |
Plaintiff in error is accused of assaulting his neighbor Will Lowe with a pistol and taking several notes and a pocketbook. Will Lowe is noted to be 44, married with four children, and living in the lower end of Hamblen County at the time of the trial. |
East | Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1377 | 116 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | State v. J. L. Cardwell | Smith | Assault and Battery |
Incomplete casefile. Victim and circumstances are unclear. Defendant's name also spelled Caldwell. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 872 | 11 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1893 | State v. W. T. Gaines | Wilson | Assault and Battery |
Gaines was accused of assaulting Charles Castleman, prosecuting attorney in this case. Castleman owed Gained from the purchase of a wagon, and believed Gaines was hunting him down on Dec. 30, 1891 to recoup payment or meter out violence to coerce payment. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 966 | 35 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1893 | State v. Joe Hankins | Trousdale | Assault and Battery |
Defendant, W. G. Hankins, and John Ford were accused of assaulting Cale DeBow. DeBow was employed as a farm hand by W. G. Hankins. Before the assault, DeBow and W. G were arguing about DeBow's contract, and W. G. accused DeBow of lying. W. G. testified that DeBow came towards him with a knife and the resulting altercation was in self-defense. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 965 | 29 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | State v. Oley Crenshaw | Tipton | Assault with Force and Arms |
Crenshaw was accused of the malicious shooting of Joseph Fields. Fields survived and acted as witness in the trial. Fields asserted Crenshaw and his wife developed an affair when Mrs. Fields was assisting an ill and dying Mrs. Crenshaw. After this, Mrs. Fields moved back home, where the shooting occurred. Mr. Fields was drawing water for dfnt., who was plotting with Mrs. Fields to kill Mr. Fields. Shooting occurred on Mr. Flippin's farm. Housed in 2 folders |
West | Range: 77 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 2078 | 365 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1892 | State v. Winfield McClellan | Macon | Assault and Battery |
The def. was accused of whipping and striking Johnnie Bennalt, a minor of 11 years old, after Bennalt and the defendant's son got into a fight. Casefile notes that the def. is a carpenter and the fight between his son and Bennalt occurred at his mill. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 911 | 58 | 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 | |
| View Entry | 1878 | Thomas W. Vance v. State | Jefferson | Assault and Battery |
Vance was accused of beating Amanda Bacon with a stick. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1630 | 26 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | Vaneda Bond, by exe. v. Clyde G. Burson, et al. | Davidson | Assault and Battery |
Additional plaintiff - Emma Gregory - Additional defendant - F. W. Woolworth Company. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 159 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1860 | William McMahon v. State | Knox | Robbery and assault |
Martha Jane Sands & Mary Massey, married, but separated from Anderson McMahon, William's brother, went to George Love's shoe shop on evening. McMahon brothers came in asking for his boots, stating he would pay in gold. He then whispered to Sands that he wouldn't pay, threatening all with guns. McMahon walked out with the boots. Love was disabled & lived in his shop. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 9 | 24 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | Wade D. Ferrell v. State | Putnam | Assault and Battery |
Malicious stabbing, assault and battery with intent to commit murder in the first degree |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 43 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1811 | William Luty v. Robert Purdy & George Sevier | Roane | Assault and Battery |
Plaintiff claims that he was wrongly imprisoned and beaten by the Defendants, who are soldiers, for selling liquor. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 52 | 26 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1906 | William Day v. Bettis Majors | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Plaintiff says defendant came up to him in the lobby of the Gayoso Hotel and without any reason began to curse and abuse him, pushing and striking him, and causing him severe injury. Cover is missing. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 997 | 69 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1910 | Will Williams v. Gaston Hotel Co. et al | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Additional defendants: W. F. Mooris and Peter Bishop. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1059 | 156 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1850 | William Hinon v. State | Knox | Assault and Battery |
On August 22, 1849, Hinon said to have assaulted Henry C. Crawford, presenting a hand gun with intent to kill. Hinon found guilty of assault, but not of felonious intent. Hinon appealed for new trial, which was refused. He was fined $10 for his offense. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1134 | 6 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1861 | William Bailey v. State | Anderson | Assault and Battery |
For assault & battery of Jesse Ayres. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1193 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | W. A. Robinson v. State | Hamilton | Assault and Battery |
Incomplete case file. Plaintiff in error is accused of assaulting A. Fletcher with a pistol. |
East | Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1377 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | William Armstrong et al. v. State | Coffee | Assault and Battery |
Additional Defendants: John Hamilton, John Messey, William Matthews, John Purdam, James Fleming, Elias Riley, Green Riley, William Sanders, and Ransom Marton. Plaintiffs are appealing the charge that they assaulted Green A. Berry. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 285 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1943 | William Bradford v. State | Knox | Assault and Battery |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he broke into the house of, and assaulted, Lawrence Eldridge. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 34 | 27 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1824 | Willis L. Shumate v. State | Davidson | Assault and Battery |
Assault and battery upon Habbert Towns, Nashville, 1823. Sentenced to six hours imprisonment, fine of $2.50, and cost of prosecution. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 365 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1889 | W. D. Bond v. State | Henry | Assault and Battery |
Victim: Jeff Love Sid Callicut, dec. also participated in the assault and battery with W. D. Pond. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 498 | 19 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | William Fulkner v. State | Knox | Assault and Battery |
Fulkner charged with assaulting Louisa J. Haynes. Jury found him guilty and fined him $5 and cost of suit. Defendant appealed. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 814 | 26 | Order A Copy |