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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| 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 | 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. 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 |
| View Entry | 1888 | State v. John H. Vickers [Vicars] | DeKalb | Assault with Intent to Kill |
As his daughter Mary (16) was riding mare owned by her grandpa John Griffith (with whom she lived) on her way to church at Cooper's Chapel, John came from behind cedar bushes, dragged her off mare & beat her with a stick. He had beaten her before & made "improper proposals." At one point, Mary falsified affidavit "to try to restore [her father] to his position in the church." Mentioned: brother Jasper, sister Josie, grandfather Hord Vickers, uncles W.J. & J.P. Vickers, mom Lucy, Isaac Cooper. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 772 | 186 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1919 | State v. Jack Epperson | Madison | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim listed as Mahona Epperson. |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1563 | 50 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1918 | State v. Jim Hayes | Dyer | Assault with Intent to Kill |
2 folders. Defendant's name also spelled "Jim Hays". Indicted for assault with attempt to commit murder in the first degree upon one H. L. Kirby. The defendant was in town with his wife her son, fathered by H. L. Kirby. They stopped at the Cross Roads Store, asking if Mr. McGuire was in. A customer, Berl Dougherty, and H. L. Kirby, replied that the defendant better get away from them and the defendant began shooting through the window into the store, stating he felt his life was in danger. He then left |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1565 | 440 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1919 | State v. Charles Pierce | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Charles Pierce is accused of "unlawfully, willfully, deliberately, premeditatedly, feloniously, and of his malice aforethought" making an assault on J. T. Terry "with a certain dangerous weapon" on November 2, 1918. |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1568 | 16 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | State v. Willie King | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Willie convicted of assault w/intent to commit 2nd degree murder of Evelyn Hendricks, with a pistol; sentenced to 3 yrs in penitentiary. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1308 | 14 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | State v. Bill Baker | Wilson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: John Spickard |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 835 | 33 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | State v. T. A. Clark | Franklin | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Clark charged with shooting H.C. Sanders with a pistol with intent to murder him. Clark was found guilty of assault and battery and fined $75. Clark appealed. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 837 | 67 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1921 | State v. Albert Butler | Gibson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Charged with assault and battery along with attempted second degree murder. Victim was Will Dowtin. |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1659 | 221 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1921 | State v. Elmer Green | Gibson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim listed as Sam Harris. |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1660 | 14 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1921 | State v. Purcell Porter | Benton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The defendant feloniously and willfully shot and wounded one Marshall Robinson with the intent to kill him in the first degree. |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1666 | 126 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | State v. Mack Burchfield | Scott | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Defendant shot and wounded one Moda Marcum with a pistol. Maynard Terry also listed as a defendant in file. |
East | Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1411 | 115 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1933 | State v. L. B. Morley | Sullivan | Assault with Intent to Kill |
L. B. Morley is charged with assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree. He assaulted one J.C. Muse with a knife. |
East | Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1537 | 23 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | State v. Charles Brown | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: unknown. Opinion only, case summary not included. James County. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 749 | 4 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1892 | State v. Wesly Hunter, (col.) | Maury | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Defendant was accused of stabbing Henry Clay. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 913 | 63 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1923 | State v. George Wheeler | Dyer | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: I. L. Verden. State is accusing Wheeler of assaulting Verden with a knife in attempt to kill him. Wheeler was angry over a ticket Verden was issued to haul gravel. |
West | Range: 78 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1807 | 118 | 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 | 1879 | T. J. Powell v. State | Assault with Intent to Kill |
County: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 28 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1892 | Tom Oliver v. State | Madison | Assault with Intent to Kill | West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 364 | 26 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1915 | T. E. Puckett v. State | Rutherford | Assault with Intent to Kill | Middle | Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 130 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1937 | Tilmon Collins v. State | Claiborne | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Tillmon attacked Carson Singleton and beat him. When Singleton ran, Tillmon shot him 4 times in the back. Singleton survived the attack. |
East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1042 | 78 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1944 | William Bradford v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1939 | W. A. Kennedy v. State | Roane | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: James Moore. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 109 | 83 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1946 | Walter Webb v. State | Scott | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Douglas A. Holt. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 111 | 51 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1911 | W. N. Barham v. State | Henry | Assault with Intent to Kill | West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1084 | 95 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1930 | Willie McClain v. State | Obion | Assault with Intent to Kill |
McClain was charged with "Assault and Battery with intent to commit murder on the body of Ethel Perkins." |
West | Range: 77 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 2021 | 53 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | Willard Stanley& Dillard Phillips v. State | Scott | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Willard Stanley, Dillard Phillips and Riley Phillips were indicted for a "Felonious Assault with Intent to commit murder in the first degree on the body of Schofield Sexton." Riley Phillips was found not guilty. |
East | Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1388 | 136 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | W. H. Furbush v. State | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill | West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 130 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1949 | Wallace Taylor v. State | Greene | Assault with Intent to Kill |
"Assault with Intent to Commit Voluntary Manslaughter." Victim: Cecil Long. |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 187 | 192 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1914 | Wade Lindsey v. State | Henry | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Cause of action: assault of Mack Lee with a stick and loaded whip with intent to kill |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1408 | 5 | Order A Copy |