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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 | 1886 | John A. Miller v. State | Warren | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: M. D. Smith alias Watt Smith. Assault with loaded pistol. Minus Miller listed as additional defendant |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 690 | 127 | 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 | 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 | 1886 | State v. Arthur Smith | Sumner | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: John Clark. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 558 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | State v. James R. Fuson | DeKalb | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The file is not a transcript of the case but, rather, an explanation of court costs. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 671 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | State v. Taylor Hays (col.) | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Taylor Hays was found guilty and sentenced to five years of hard labor and confinement in the state penitentiary. He requested a new trial but his request was denied. It was ordered that he be made to pay the court costs for his prosecution. This is a judgment only. Case incomplete. Indictment included murder in the first degree. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1338 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | State v. Charles Miller | Hawkins | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Miller was charged with assualting Sam Bradley (alias Sam Pearson) with a knife. |
East | Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1868 | 37 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | State v. Lee Brown | Gibson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The victim's name was William Baxter. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 294 | 73 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | State v. Aleck Peyton (col.) | Sumner | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Pleas Moore. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 559 | 56 | 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 |