2 cases tried together, both with same cause of action. 1st case seeking $1500 damages & 2nd case seeking $700. Other plaintiffs: R. H. Donnelly; John Crosswhite; I. F. Shawn[?]; S. Q. Duggert; R. R. Butler; J. C. Donnelly; J. A. Southerland.

The defendant claimed that it rec'd the wrong weight scale it ordered.

Incomplete document: Huddleston had made a contract with defendants to transport a large amount of freight including bacon, corn, cornmeal, feathers, and dried beef to Chattanooga. Defendants backed out. Transcript begins on page 14. Jordon also spelled Jordan.

John Wilson bought a large quantity of supplies for himself and family on the credit from Harvey & Keith, a business firm in Kentucky. Wilson didn't want to pay so Harvey & Keith pressed charges. The sum that Wilson owed was $1,476.00.

Witnesses included Wayman Lewis, Ruth Lewis, H. C. Binkley, H. C. Frost, and Bush Sneed.

Jim Prater is accused of fraudulent breach of trust by one John Lewis. The charge stems from a note that was issued between the two men.

Additional plaintiffs: James Lynch and Robert Duncan. The plaintiffs in error acted as the securities for William Maher's bond. Maher was accused of murdering Michael Odonald. The plaintiffs were forced to pay when Maher did not appear in court.

Wilson was indebted to this company in the amount of $1, 719.00.

Roberts, former sheriff of Roane County, was accused of imposing & collected fines for boarding prisoners which he pocketed. Testimony mentions drinking on the job as well as allowing his wife to let prisoners out in his absence. Exhibits show some prisoners were held in the workhouse for two to three times longer than they were sentenced. See add'l documentation in box ET 12.

Actual charge is Fraudulent Breach of Trust. Hampton was given $50 to make bond for L.T. Fort, and failing that to return the money to Fort's mother, Lilia Fort. According to the charge, he failed to return the money, converting it to his own use.

Additional Defendants: E. P. Fort, Eli L. Woodfs, J. T. Huggins, W. T. Briggs, M. S. Stewart, Thomas Hobson.

Trial was moved from Davidson County. There are documents concerning the change of venue included with the case.

Impeachment trial. Case volume 2; Volume 1 not included. Charge against Defendant only. Also see MT Oversize Box 1.

The defendant was also charged with larceny, based on a contract of agreement with Emma McClanahan to deposit money owned by W. M. McClanahan.

In Nashville, Bates rec'd from Josie Barnes a $2,000 check, representing insurance proceeds on the life of her deceased husband Thomas. Bates received the funds as Josie's agent for the purpose of depositing it in a Bedford County bank. Instead, Bates appropriated $825 of that money for his own use. Bates lived in Bedford County at Haley's Station. Josie lived in Nashville. (While case ongoing, Josie married S. D. Seals.) Jury convicted Bates & sentenced him to 18 mos. in the penitentiary.

Defendant was overseer of public road that was in disrepair.

Eatherly was accused of illegally carrying a weapon and plead abatement on the first judgment. One of the jurors was his uncle, and Eatherly's council argued that this made the judgment unlawful. In Cheatham County a mile from Ashland City the defendant allegedly pulled out a pistol and fired it.

The defendant was an African-American man.

The defendants faced the additional charge of larceny. The case involved the purchase of fraudulent tickets at a race track in Memphis.

Defendant employed by Pinnacle Mills from 1 Jan. 1927 until June 1930. Charged with fraudulently appropriating $8011 in company monies for his own use. Found guilty of "fraudulent breach of trust". Two bank notes were pinned to page 45 of larger Corporation Record Book.

And fraud. The defendant was indicted for a fraudulent breach of trust when he secured a loan of $4,000 on $5,900 worth of notes for one A.G. Meehan. He was only authorized to secure a loan of $3,000 and appropriated to his own use the other $1,000.