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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 | 1878 | State v. Samuel Templeton | Warren | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Charge was attempted murder by beating with a pistol Tom Cardwell, also of Warren County. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 37 | 54 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | State v. Daniel Ladd alias Dandy | Putnam | Assault with Intent to Kill | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1878 | State v. John H. Wells | Sumner | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: John G. Stuart. Additional parties: Jeff Lewis and C. R. Head. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 43 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | State v. Robert Pierce | Overton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Additional Parties: Henry W. Harrison. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 49 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | State v. William Barton | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Defendant had been charged with assaulting John McClellan on 18 March 1877, and found guilty of assault with intent to commit murder in the second degree. Nathan Barton named as William Barton's accomplice in attack on McClellan. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 110 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | State v. H. J. King | Warren | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. King was accused of stabbing B. N. Myers. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 26 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | State v. F. D. Pursely et. al. | Smith | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Henry L. Horn. Add. defendants: Vit. Pursely, Amos Kirkpatrick, Andy McDonald, and Amon Manier. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 37 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Thomas Smith (col.) v. State | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Thomas Smith, colored, shot James H. Young. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 36 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Thomas Lawrence v. State | Hamblen | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Thomas Lawrence was charged with assault and battery with the intent to commit a rape. The victim was a young woman named Lula Austin. Thomas Lawrence worked for her father and was living on the Austin's property at the time. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1636 | 6 | Order A Copy |