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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1876 | State v. Simon Huddleston | Clay | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Isaac Johnson made a violent threat to Simon Huddleston, calling him a "g*d d*mned rascal," and stated he intended to kick Huddleston. Their disagreement originated over the trade of tobacco while they were intoxicated. Allegedly Huddleston assaulted Johnson with a gun, intending to kill him. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 13 | 84 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | State v. William E. Jones | Jackson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Jones was accused of assault with intent to murder James W. Jones. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 18a | 64 | 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 | 1876 | State v. George W. Shrader | Warren | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Additional parties: James Rogers and W. T. Murry. Indicted for malicious stabbing of John Macon. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 29 | 77 | 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 | 1880 | State v. Alex Kirby | Montgomery | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Attacked G. Hollowman. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1873 | State v. Jim Fisher | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill | West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 41 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1874 | State v. Frank Kempshawl | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Kempshawl is accused of firing a gun at M.N. Bacchus with the intent of killing him. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 43 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1916 | State v. Cornelius Mason et al. | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
additional defendant - Frank Johnson |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 85 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1916 | State v. Andrew Hollingsworth | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill | Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 94 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. Polk Boner& Will Martin | Warren | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The victim, Tom Cutts, |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 102a | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1919 | State v. Ike Tate | Lincoln | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim was Walter Barham. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 116 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | State v. Howard Cantrell | Rutherford | Assault with Intent to Kill | Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 151 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1921 | State v. Jesse Thomas | Dickson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Thomas Ethridge. Additional parties: Elizabeth Thomas. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 152 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1921 | State v. James Dodson | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Charge is assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree -- victim was Will Williams. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 169 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1921 | State v. Jasper Gooch | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Defendant was convicted of the attempted murder of Abe Johns. Witnesses: Abe Johns, Lola Johns (Abe John's wife and defendant's first cousin), Jesse Weakley (age 13, Lola John's son by her first husband, Jesse Weakley, and Catherine Gooch, mother of Lola and defendant's aunt. |
East | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 69 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1921 | State v. Gilbert Hickman | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Defendant was convicted of assaulting and wounding J. D. Binkley. B Witnesses: Henry Marshall and R. A. Brazil, Roy Darden, and Lela Duncan. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 69 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | State v. E. H. King | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Alias: Bob King. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 127 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | State v. Charles Mosby | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The victim's name in this case was A. Pierotti. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 135 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Jonah Kelley | Weakley | Assault with Intent to Kill | West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 149 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. G. W. Kneedle | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Defendant charged with "assault and battery with intent to murder" in attack on J. A. Signiago(?). Attack occurred 19 Jan. 1880. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 150 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1865 | State v. Thomas Grant | Franklin | Assault with Intent to Kill | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 303 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1877 | State v. James Moyers | Claiborne | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Defendant is charged with assaulting Joseph Gulliver. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 30 | 9 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. N. M. K. Humes | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Henry D. Ellis. Additional parties: H. P. Ricketts, Emanuel Rainds, Dan Cowley |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 219 | 16 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | State v. Charles McAfee (col.) | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The State charged McAfee with assault with the intent to commit murder upon Jennie McAfee "c[olored]." |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1108 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1874 | State v. Hamp Boss | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Verdict and Sentence Document Only. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 246 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1828 | State v. Anos, a slave | Hickman | Assault with Intent to Kill |
An African-American slave boy named "Anos," owned by Henry Mayberry. Assault and battery upon Agnes Mayberry, aged six or seven years, daughter of Frederick Mayberry; also assault upon Elizabeth Mayberry, wife of Frederick. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 369 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | State v. Gabe Price | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1879 | State v. Jim Logan | Madison | Assault with Intent to Kill | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 4 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1879 | State v. Steve Perkins | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1879 | State v. Peter Tappan | Fayette | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Indictment. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 248 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1831 | State v. James J. Darnell | Franklin | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Assault and battery with intent to kill, Polly Darnell in 1830. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 374 | 14 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | State v. C. H. Lancaster | Henderson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Indictment. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 248 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1874 | State v. Godfrey Sykle | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Indictment. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | State v. Phil Wallace | Lauderdale | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Actual charge is assault with intent to commit voluntary manslaughter. Wallace is accused of assaulting W. D. Given with a loaded gun, which he fired (apparently missing his target). |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 291 | 22 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | State v. James Shearley | Benton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The victim's name was M. D. McElyea. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 293 | 40 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | State v. J. W. Moore | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The victim's name in this case is James Roper. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 299 | 69 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1923 | State v. Elmer Dunlap | Warren | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Assault and battery on John E. Jaco, 21 May 1922, in Campaign, Warren Co., TN. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 461 | 74 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | State v. Joe Hall | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Defendant is accused of assaulting George Smiley with a sharp instrument with the intent of committing manslaughter. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 309 | 55 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1891 | State v. Tom Banks, T. L. Flake, et al. | Henry | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Charged with felonious assault. Additional plaintiffs: Tom Banks, T. L. Flake, Lewis Gilbert, Wilson Howard. Assault against Frank Dortch with a pistol. Hon. W. H. Swiggart, Judge, 12th Judicial Circuit. J. R. Bond, Attorney General. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 329 | 170 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | State v. Henry Kennedy | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill | West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 337 | 146 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1889 | State v. James G. W. Clapp | Union | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The State charged Clapp with armed assault with intent to commit first degree murder for an attack on D. F. Smith in February of 1888. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1830 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1889 | State v. T. K. Porter | Henry | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Porter is charged with assaulting A. B. White with a pistol, with the intent of murdering him (in the first degree). |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 440 | 68 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1896 | State v. Tom Cribbins | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Defendant is accused of assaulting Joe White, alias Joe Baby, with a pistol with the intention of killing him. Folder includes one legal brief. |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 454 | 42 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1949 | State v. Bert Kaylor | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Verdict: Guilty, affirmed on appeal to Supreme Court. |
East | Range: 6 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 375 | 112 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1896 | State v. Richard Caldwell& Tom Cribbins | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: John Winfield |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 456 | 91 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1888 | State v. John H. Rum | Benton | Assault with Intent to Kill | West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 458 | 16 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1895 | State v. Abe Haskins | Grundy | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The State charged Haskins with assaulting E. W. Hamby with a pistol held in the defendant's hand and therefore with the intent to commit 2nd degree murder. The circuit court found him guilty and sentenced him to 1 year hard labor in the state penitentiary |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1089 | 31 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. Burrell Nance (col.) | Rutherford | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The State charged Nance with assault with the intent to commit murder in the first degree against Edward Poston with an axe, hatchet, and rocks. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1145 | 29 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | State v. Paul Price | Cocke | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Sloly Davis. |
East | Range: 6 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 431 | 19 | Order A Copy |