Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1877 Audry Collins, Pat Collins, Edward Greene, Jack Lane v. State Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victim: A. L. Rawlings. County: Unknown.

 East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 35 5 Order A Copy
View Entry 1928 Bob Thurman v. State Rhea Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Case file is incomplete; opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 1 Order A Copy
View Entry 1890 Burk Milum (col.) v. State Lincoln Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Plaintiff in error is accused of attempting to rape Alma Hicks, daughter of Lewis Hicks, the plaintiff's employer. Lewis Hicks claims he entered his home to find the plaintiff assaulting his daughter. The plaintiff claim it was Alma who initiated the interaction.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 872 36 Order A Copy
View Entry 1943 Charles Wallace v. State Knox Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

2 Folders.

 East Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 194 453 Order A Copy
View Entry 1916 Clarence Roland v. State Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victim: Nell Conroy; plaintiff in error case;

 West Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1451 351 Order A Copy
View Entry 1915 D. B. Plumlee, Jr. v. State Overton Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Additional parties: J. C. Copeland, Mrs. A. V. Harris, T. B. Ogletree.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 134 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1917 Ed Cantrell v. State Davidson Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Attempted rape of Bobbie Latham. Statutory

 Middle Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 93 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 Elias Curry v. State Madison Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Indictment.

 West Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 248 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 Edward Isaacs v. State Davidson Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Amanda Hudson was in her home when a described Negro man came into her kitchen and tried to grab her. She and her children ran outside, grabbed rocks and sticks, and beat the man until he ran away when he saw a neighbor coming with a shotgun. He was apprehended 4 miles away. Defense claims the police arrested the wrong man because they lost the actual perpetrator.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 729 99 Order A Copy
View Entry 1944 Elwood Lyons, et al. v. State Unicoi Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victim: Otha Daugherty. Additional Plaintiffs: Kyle Collins and Charles Loveless.

 East Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 121 345 Order A Copy
View Entry 1934 Fred Vickers v. State Hamilton Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Fred Vickers was charged with assault with intent to commit rape and sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary. He assaulted one Florence Orr. 2 folders.

 East Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1576 238 Order A Copy
View Entry 1906 Henry Crumpton v. State Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Henry Crumpton was charged with the assault and attempted rape of a woman named Bertha Hester.

 West Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 981 73 Order A Copy
View Entry 1940 Homer Bowling v. State Scott Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Homer Bowling is charged with assault with the intent to rape a 69 year old woman by the name of Sylvania Newport….what makes this case unusual is that she is also the step grandmother of Homer Bowling. He was given a sentence of one year in prison. Homer Bowling claims that his step grandmother was trying to rummage through his pockets while he slept and when he woke up she had his dollar and was tucking it in her shirt. That is why he said he attacked her. He said he had no intention of raping her.

 East Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 801 29 Order A Copy
View Entry 1917 Huntley May v. State Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

2 folders. The suit charges that Huntley May "did unlawfully feloniously violently and forcibly" made an "assault and battery on the person of Ruby Bratten, a female, with intent to commit rape" on January 3, 1915.

 West Range: 79 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1600 689 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 James W. Foster, in error v. State McMinn Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Foster was accused of attempting to kill William T. Wattenbarger. He hid in the bushes in broad daylight while Wattenbarger approached on the road. The defense argued that the jury was coerced in its decision. The main evidence was a pair of shoes worn by Foster the day of the shooting, and the tracks they made in the freshly plowed soil of the corn field.

 East Range: 18 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1969 181 Order A Copy
View Entry 1916 Jesse& Earnest Manus v. State Cannon Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

The victim: James St. John of Cannon County.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 130 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1915 Jim Hop Hickey v. State Putnam Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Additional parties: Lizzie Sullivan

 Middle Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 134 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 James Oldham v. State Haywood Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Assaulted John Shaw with a knife & razor with the intent to commit murder in the second degree. Order to dismiss the appeal from the Haywood circuit court. Oldham's lawyer had an application for pardon signed by the judge & attorney general. It is not known whether the court was a civil or criminal one.

 West Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 653 55 Order A Copy
View Entry 1946 John Turner v. State Knox Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Made an assault upon Irene Owenby with the intention of forcibly having carnal knowledge w/her. In a motion for a new trial, E. R. Mynatt brought new evidence of the physical impossibility of committing rape in the coal truck cab. Owenby claimed she was walking home from the Appalachian Mills when defendant stopped and said, "Sweetheart you are going w/me." Evidence includes a swatch of plaid cloth and what looks to be the second page of a letter.

 East Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 792 260 Order A Copy
View Entry 1915 Joe Exum v. State Madison Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victim: Mrs. Cora Ellison. Exum is also charged with breaking and entering Mrs. Ellison's house.

 West Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1408 72 Order A Copy
View Entry 1944 J. A. Williams v. State Hamilton Assault with Intent to Commit Rape East Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 318 55 Order A Copy
View Entry 1946 Kenneth Hackney v. State Knox Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Case incomplete; opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1947 Kenneth Lawson v. State Scott Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victim: Rue Kennedy.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 111 43 Order A Copy
View Entry 1891 Lon Wyrick, alias Lon Sharp v. State Union Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

For assault & attempted rape of Mandie Wallace "a female under 10 years of age..."

 East Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1767 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1857 Major, a slave v. State Putnam Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Defendant is referred to as "Nig" throughout the file.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 251 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1924 Mrs. May Stewart v. Ben Whitson Dyer Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Whitson was charged with breaking into the Stewart home, lying in bed with Mrs. Stewart, lifting her night dress, and placing his hand between her thighs. May is also listed as Mary in some of the court documents. Housed in 2 folders.

 West Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1757 256 Order A Copy
View Entry 1898 Oscar Naylor v. State McNairy Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Case went to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Victim: J. E. "Lizzie" Brown.

 West Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 759 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1907 Rich Floyd v. State Lauderdale Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Richard Floyd originally charged with assault with intent to commit rape on Laura Dickson on 3 Oct. 1906. Laura Dickson African American, age 12; Richard Floyd Caucasian, about 30, with wife & 1 child. Mentioned in case: Rhoda Wortham, mother of Laura Dickson & Lee Wortham, her stepfather.

 West Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1012 59 Order A Copy
View Entry 1867 R. M. Hodges v. State Montgomery Assault with Intent to Commit Rape Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 321 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. George Smith Franklin Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

George Smith was African American. Victim: Sun Landers.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1843 State v. Bill, a slave Lincoln Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Official charge is "Assault and Battery with Intent to Commit Rape." Defendant is a slave, and is referred to only as "Bill" in the case. The alleged victim is referred to only as "a free white woman."

 Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 State v. Aaron M. Knight Haywood Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victim was Julia Rogers. The defendant and victim both African American.

 West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 85 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. James Moore et al. Benton Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Additional Defendants: Ethridge Moore, Stephen Townsend, Henry Coble, James Townsend, William Williams, and Lish Townsend. The defendants were charged with assaulting a woman named Mary F. Townsend.

 West Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 150 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1881 State v. Walker Austin Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

The exact charge is assault with intent to rape a child under 10 years old. The little girl later needed to be treated for gonorrhea, which Austin admitted to having picked up at a fair. There is additional testimony that the child's mother frequently beat her violently.

 West Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 163 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 1874 State v. Junior Bell (col.) Hardin Assault with Intent to Commit Rape West Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 State v. Daniel Parker McNairy Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

The defendant was African-American. The victim's name was Annie R. Kelsey.

 West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 294 31 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 State v. Lester Shirley Hamilton Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Verdict: Guilty, affirmed on appeal to Supreme Court.

 East Range: 6 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 359 80 Order A Copy
View Entry 1896 State v. Vickie Burns Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victim: Maggie Bridgeforth

 West Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 480 38 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 State v. Calvin Lee Weakley Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

The victim in this case was Cora Hornsby of Dresden, Tennessee.

 West Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 580 14 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 State v. Irvin Hill, alias Irvin Reed Madison Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Defendant's name is also spelled as Erv Hill, Eve Hill, Erve Reid, and Eve Reid. The victim was a 15-year-old girl named Georgie Ann Bradley, and the rape is said to have occurred in either Wilson or Williamson County, Tennessee.

 West Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1558 39 Order A Copy
View Entry 1838 State v. Ewin Lake Claiborne Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victim: Serena Williams, daughter of George Williams.

 East Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 636 50 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 State v. James Rogers Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Plaintiff had been charged with assaulting Vera Compton, a girl about 11 years old, with the intention to commit rape on 18 May 1903. Attack took place in butcher shop where defendant worked. Defendant found guilty with "mitigating circumstances".

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 886 53 Order A Copy
View Entry 1906 State v. Miles Thompson Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victim: J. B. Moody

 West Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1046 34 Order A Copy
View Entry 1946 State v. Kenneth Hackney Knox Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victim: Elizabeth McElroy.

 East Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 775 122 Order A Copy
View Entry 1914 State v. Jim Bogle Carroll Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Actual charge listed is "assault and battery with intent to commit rape." The victim was Fredonia Sydnor, described as "enceinte" (pregnant) at the time of the assault.

 West Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1105 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1908 State v. Versa Mosley Weakley Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Defendant is accused of assault and battery on a female, Dora Dunlap (22), with the intent "forcibly and against her will [to] carnally know and have sexual intercourse with said female."

 West Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1161 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. William Kirby McMinn Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Incomplete case file.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Solomon Brewer Hardin Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Incomplete case file. Judgment only.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1241 5 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 State v. Henry Bell Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

The victim's name in this case was Mary Jane Brown (age twelve). The defendant was African-American.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1260 54 Order A Copy

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