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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1867 | State v. James M. Allard | Jackson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Caleb Anderson. James M. Allard alias: Mat Allard. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 172 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | State v. Wilton Curtis, alias Wilton Sutton | Jackson | Assault with Intent to Kill | Middle | Range: 20 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 266 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1867 | State v. Robert N. White et al | Marion | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Add. defendants: James Hatfield, Felix Grundy Maxwell, & Robert Cox. Victim: Ransome Smith. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1194 | 24 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | State v. Richard Barden | Rhea | Assault, Felonious |
Victim: Green McDonald. The defendant slashed at the victim with a knife. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1194 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | State v. Charles Cook | Greene | Assault and Battery |
Cook charged with assaulting and beating William Henry. The jury found Cook guilty and fined him $75. Cook appealed. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1198 | 33 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | State v. William S. Creed | Grainger | Assault and Battery |
Creed charged with beating, wounding, and ill-treating John C. Williams. Jury found Cree guilty and fined him $10 plus cost of the lawsuit. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1198 | 26 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | State v. Phineas Thurston | Monroe | Assault with Force and Arms |
The defendant is accused of assaulting Miley Watson with a whip. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1197 | 16 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | State v. John Hennegar | McMinn | Assault and Battery |
"…on the twentieth day of August, 1866, did unlawfully assault, beat, bruise and ill treat Mary Morgan…" |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1222 | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | State v. Holland Osborn [Osborne/Osburn], et al. | Knox | Assault and Battery |
Other defendants: Fielding Osborn; Robert Osborn; Nicholas Osborn. For assault and battery of James Harper. See also State v. Holland Osborne, Knox County, 1868 [ET 1189] & Holland Osburn v. State, Knox County, 1867 [ET 1219]. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1222 | 16 | Order A Copy |