Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1895 Matt Hudson v. State Madison Assault with Force and Arms

Victim: Sam Walker

 West Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 455 35 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 State v. Susie Odle Perry Assault and Battery

Alternative defendant name: was Susie Jackson before marriage. Case in West Tennessee box despite being from Perry County. Defendant is referred to as "colored" in the trial.

 West Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 655 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 State v. General Brooks Madison Assault with Intent to Kill

Defendant is accused of assaulting Bob Exum with a shotgun. His appeal was based on the information that the gun was not loaded; however, he had "snatched the gun from a man passing along the street … and believed it was loaded."

 West Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 632 0 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 1895 State v. Al Robinson Shelby Assault with Intent to Kill

Defendant is charged with attempting to kill Will Thomas by shooting him after an altercation at a neighboring store, even though Robinson's original quarrel had been with a man named Jim Morgan.

 West Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 622 28 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 State v. Will McNairy Shelby Assault, Felonious

McNairy and another man -- Horace Motley -- are accused of assaulting S. P. Wooten with a pistol and an unspecified "sharp instrument." Another part of the case refers to the attack as an "assault to commit murder." Wooten was shot in the thigh and stabbed in the left lung, which later had to be removed. McNairy and Motley were black; Wooten and another victim (who escaped when Wooten intervened) were white.

 West Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 622 37 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 State v. Jack Shelley Hardin Assault

Assault of Samuel Lay.

 West Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 626 296 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 State v. Joe C. Tassey Rutherford Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Tassey was accused of attacking Etta Travis, a 13 year old minor.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1043 109 Order A Copy