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The files located in the Tennessee Supreme Court Cases represent an especially valuable resource for historical and genealogical research at the Tennessee State Library and Archives [TSLA].
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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1894 | Henry Fennel v. R. R. Caldwell et al. | Davidson | Petition for Habeas Corpus |
Add def: N. A. Kemper. Pla. was convicted by the Caldwell (judge in the case) of several misdemeanors and ordered to pay fines and costs. Pla. was unable to make payment and sentenced to the county workhouse. T. A. Sykes, Wm. Perkins, and J. P. Rhines then delivered several notes to satisfy plaintiff’s costs and obtain his release. Def. later brought suit against said notes and received judgement. Pla. complained that he was then unlawfully re-arrested and placed in a workhouse to work off the debt. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 965 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | John Griffin v. State | Davidson | Habeas Corpus |
Plaintiff was convicted of carrying a pistol and fined $50 and court costs. Unable to pay the fine, the Plaintiff was sentenced to the County Workhouse to pay off the debt. The Plaintiff then received a pardon from Tennessee Governor Robert L. Taylor; however, the state contends that the pardon only remitted the $50 fine and not the court costs. Therefore the state continued to hold the Plaintiff in custody. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 846 | 39 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | State ex. rel. E. H. Johnson v. T. S. Harris, Warden | Davidson | Habeas Corpus |
See subsequent habeas corpus case involving same prisoner in ET Box 1167 (Abe McClellan, Asst. Warden v. E. H. Johnson), which recounts facts of this case. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 593 | 38 | Order A Copy |