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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1870 | Emerson Wilson v. State | Blount | Assault |
Victim: Sam Lemon. Emerson (also spelled "Emmerson") charged with Affray (fighting of 2 or more people in a public place). Victim was James Lemons, who Wilson & 2 others (Ben Owens & James Brown) chased through James W. Everett's field & through house of P.S. Dowell's mom. Fight involved rock throwing, hollering & swearing. Wilson convicted & fined $5. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 813 | 24 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | Henry Crippin v. State | Knox | Assault and Battery |
Plaintiff in error is accused of assaulting Louis Foust. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1241 | 43 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | John Mickley v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: William Merres |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 813 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | Robert L. Turley v. State | Grainger | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Opinion document. Turley charged with felonious assault upon George A. Greenlee using a pistol with intent to murder. Jury found Turley guilty and fined him $50 and sentenced him to 3 months in jail. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 814 | 44 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | State v. William G. Wickham | Shelby | Assault |
Assault and battery with intent to kill upon James Moore with a double-barreled shotgun |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 11 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | State v. Nathan Bass et al. | Rutherford | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Additional Defendants: Buck Smith, Gentry Dement, Vander Smith, Coleman Perkins, Isham Thompson, Isaac Stagg, Robert Knox, Allen Fondley. All Defendants are African American. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 325 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | State v. Jack Polk, et al | Williamson | Assault |
Additional defendants: William Polk, C. Polk, John Beech |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 474 | 15 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | State v. Arnold Ailey | Jefferson | Assault with Intent to Maim |
Defendant cut and bit off the ear of John Tarwater. Court quashed the indictment and defendant let go. Cause of action: mayhem. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 814 | 9 | 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 | 1870 | State v. L. P. Suggest | Fayette | Assault |
Assault of J. H. Woolley. |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 9 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | State v. Thomas Harrison | Warren | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 302 | 9 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1870 | State v. Alex Jones (col.) | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Brief only. Victim not named. Court composed of Davidson and Rutherford counties. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 715 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | State v. David W. M. Bean | Greene | Assault |
Victim of the assault is Samuel Lane. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1215 | 43 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | William Fulkner v. State | Knox | Assault and Battery |
Fulkner charged with assaulting Louisa J. Haynes. Jury found him guilty and fined him $5 and cost of suit. Defendant appealed. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 814 | 26 | Order A Copy |