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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1914 | State v. Jim Bogle | Carroll | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape | West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1106 | 59 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Josie Green Sheffield | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Assignment of Error and Brief. Victim: Nancy Sheffield |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 815 | 7 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1886 | State v. Benjamin Cartright | Rutherford | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Assault with Intent to Commit Murder in the Second Degree; throwing stone in passenger car. Victim: Moore, full name unknown to grand jurors. Also indicted was Henry Davis. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 568 | 35 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1906 | State v. Chas Stokes, Sim Stokes, Chas Pennington & Harvey Young | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Pennington and Young were tried separately after motions were filed. Victim was J.B. Wilkerson. Weapon used was a rock and a knife. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1113 | 7 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. J. O. Hoyle | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Victim was Mable Reese, noted as being under the age of 10. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1113 | 43 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1916 | State v. James Black | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Victim named Leana Woods, listed as being the age of 16. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1122 | 82 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1908 | State v. H. L. Lowry | Benton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: John Rushing |
West | Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1161 | 175 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1935 | State v. Hubert Hickman | Washington | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
The victim's name in this case was Mildred Fox. |
East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 894 | 54 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1936 | State v. R. C. McIninch | Sullivan | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The victim's name was R. D. Musick. |
East | Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 975 | 36 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. W. S. Saylors | Van Buren | Assault with Intent to Kill | Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 659 | 36 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. William Butler | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Indictment only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Joseph Smith | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1236 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1910 | State v. Buster Harris | Dyer | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: William Knight |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1221 | 89 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1910 | State v. Della McGowan | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The victim's name in this case was Ivy Tandy. The defendant also went by the name of Della Bently. |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1221 | 22 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Wash Lewis | Montgomery | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Victim possibly could have been Charley Martin. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1909 | State v. Lewis Hummel | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim listed as W. M. Templeton. Cover page torn, so Docket # is unknown. |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1227 | 43 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1913 | State v. John Carter | Henry | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
The victim's name in this case was Sue Routon, a female under the age of twelve. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1280 | 63 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1913 | State v. Arthur Roper | Carroll | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The victim's name in this case was Ollie Hardwell. File consists of only a memo to the state of the facts. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1303 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1866 | State v. Joseph Harrison | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Victim not listed. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1328 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1914 | State v. R. B. McCommon | Madison | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The victim's name in this case was Ester Derry, who was engaged to the defendant's son but left him when she became pregnant. The shooting took place during an argument when the son refused to marry the woman. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1348 | 153 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | State v. John Rogers, et al. | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Additional defendants - Rogers alias was Sleepy John, Walter Patton alias Paddy Mack and Pat Mack |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 49 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. L. P. Moore | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Bill of cost only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1122 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | State v. Alexander Jones | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Report to court. No other information given. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 715 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1870 | State v. Kenny Williams | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Judgment only. Case incomplete. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1368 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Britt Markham | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1371 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Mack Jones | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1372 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1859 | Stephen Hays v. State | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
This is an appeal. In original bill, Hays was charged with felonious assault stemming from an attack on Hiram Wing on Dec. 4, 1858. Wing was a conductor on the Western & Atlantic RR of Georgia, & defendant a co-worker. When defendant was reportedly drunk on the job, it was Wing's duty to report this & Hays was fired. The attack was in retaliation. Defendant sentenced to 5 years in TN State Penitentiary. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1139 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Frank James | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Bill of cost only. |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1380 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Charles W. Holden | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Maim |
Incomplete case file. Bill of cost only. |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1380 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Charles Holman | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Bill of Costs. Cost: $16.80. Incomplete case file. |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1396 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Idella Davis | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Bill of costs. Cost: $12.25. Incomplete case file. |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1396 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Albert Williams | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Judgment and Bill of costs. Cost: $11.05. Incomplete case file. |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1402 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Hubbard Caldwell | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Bill of Costs. Cost: $12.90. Incomplete case file. |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1403 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. William Tait | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Judgment and Bill of Costs. Cost $8.65. Incomplete case file. |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1405 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Joe Knight | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Bill of Costs. Cost: $12.60. Incomplete case file. |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1408 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Fred Pritchman | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Bill of Cost. Cost: $15.70. Incomplete case file. |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1408 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Albert Bledsoe | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Bill of Costs. Cost: $15.20. Incomplete case file. |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1408 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. Jack Blackwell | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Bill of Costs. Incomplete case file. |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1408 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | State v. Isom or Isham, a Slave | Jefferson | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Isom ("Negro man, slave for life") accused of assaulting Mary W. Riggs, "widow (of full age) … a white free female" w/intent to rape. Isom was property of 1 or more Gillespies: Alfred, Eliza M. Gillespie (widow & admr. of George F. Gillespie, dec.), Henry (George's son), Elizabeth (m. William R. Casuelo) & Mary (m. M.J.K. Bowen) (George's daughters). Jury: Isom guilty, sentenced to death by hanging. Isom: confession obtained by threats; coat Griggs used to identify him not worn that day; counsel was ill. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1147 | 25 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1851 | State v. John Esmon | Monroe | Assault with Intent to Maim |
For biting off the ear of Samuel Erwin. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1155 | 17 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1916 | State v. W. P. Jeffries | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim listed as J. N. Cocks. Weapon listed as a pistol. |
West | Range: 79 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1441 | 196 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1916 | Silas Sims v. State | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Sims was indicted for unlawfully, with malice aforethought, assaulting Munford Horton with a pistol with the intention of killing him. |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1449 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1855 | State v. Levi H. Knight | Meigs | Assault with Intent to Kill |
"on the 6th day of December 1854 in the county aforesaid did unlawfully make an assault upon Michael Fooshee by drawing an axe on him and swearing he would kill him." |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1165 | 23 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1913 | State v. Virgie Butts | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
victim: Willie Hampton; weapon: pistol loaded with powder and ball |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1477 | 59 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1877 | State v. Monroe Walker (col.) | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Verdict and sentence only. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 758 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | State v. J. B. Ghio | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1505 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1918 | State v. Lennard Hurt (col.) | Carroll | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
The defendant was accused of assaulting Bertha Miller with intent to rape. According to Bertha Miller, she and her sister Edna miller awoke to find the defendant sitting on the bed they shared. When they yelled, the defendant ran. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1509 | 60 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1918 | State v. Brown Spears | Hardin | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Harry Hardin; weapon: knife. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1509 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1866 | State v. William A. Wash | Washington | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete file; Wash charged with shooting Jesse Tinker with a gun & hitting him with a hammer. File contains only portion of transcript related to Wash's recognizance bond. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1200 | 18 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1888 | State v. Joe Flemming | Lincoln | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The plaintiff is accused of shooting Cooper Bond with a pistol. Bond survived. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 777 | 25 | Order A Copy |