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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1891 | A. W. Morgan v. State | Davidson | Gaming |
Plaintiff in error is accused of participating in and promoting unlawful gaming. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 890 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | Bill Daugherty v. State | Davidson | Gaming |
Plaintiff in error is accused of participating in and encouraging gambling. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 874 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1949 | Carl Cox v. State | Washington | Gaming |
"Keeping a house…for the purpose of gaming." |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 139 | 164 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | Charles White v. State | Davidson | Gaming |
Plaintiff in error is accused of participating in and promoting unlawful gaming. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 886 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | D. C. Kinney v. State | Davidson | Gaming |
Kinney was charged to have "with force and arms" pay a gamble in a game of hazard, identified as "Cards". |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 876 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | E. C. Landsdown v. State | Davidson | Gaming |
Plaintiff in error is accused of participating in and promoting unlawful gaming. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 886 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | James Palmer & Marcus Cartwright v. State | Davidson | Gaming |
Plaintiffs in error are accused of gambling and promoting gambling upon horse races both inside and outside the state of Tennessee, including a race in Kentucky. Plaintiffs kept betting books and took bets out of a room known as a pool room. Plaintiffs claim they operated said pool room within the law, paying taxes and obtaining a license. There is a question regarding the language of the law describing book-making and pool-selling. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 848 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | John Shell v. State | Washington | Gaming |
Plaintiff in error is accused of being in possession of a slot machine for the enticement of persons to play and gamble. |
East | Range: 10 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1497 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1937 | Jewel Conley v. State | Hamilton | Gaming |
Conley was accused of promoting the use of a "gaming device." In playing the stock market, bettors gambled on butter and eggs prices on the Chicago stock market. It appears that one of the venues for ticket-writing was the Bon Ton Pool Room in Chattanooga. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1252 | 96 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | J. Herstein v. State | Davidson | Gaming |
Plaintiff in error is accused of participating in and promoting gambling. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 874 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | Jim Argo v. State | Davidson | Gaming |
Plaintiff in error is accused of participating in and promoting unlawful gaming. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 890 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | John McCollum v. State | Knox | Gaming |
The plaintiff in error was accused of playing a game of cards known as 5 up for money. This case was one of over one hundred cases for gaming being prosecuted against 18 men, including six cases against McCollum. This case may be related to two other cases of the same name located in ET 99 and 101. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1632 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | Mayor & Aldermen of Chattanooga v. J. P. Mayes | Hamilton | Gaming |
Deft. was charged with operating a gaming house on the date of 20 Feb. 1887 in violation of city ordinance. Mayes was also charged with encouraging gaming & disorderly conduct. |
East | Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1849 | 51 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | Mike Dawson v. State | Davidson | Gaming |
Plaintiff in error is accused of participating in and promoting gambling. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 874 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | Rev. Henry Cassidy v. State | Davidson | Gaming |
Plaintiff in error is accused of participating in and promoting unlawful gaming. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 886 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | State v. Sid Evans aka Sid Miller (col.) | Maury | Gaming |
"Evans, col. alias Miller, col., being a person of full age, unlawfully did allow John Leech, col., a minor under the age of twenty-one years to bet money, to wit: ten cents of the value of ten cents, at a gaming device exhibited by him, to wit: dice, to the evil example and corruption of the youth of the Country, and against the peace and dignity of the State." |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 700 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1845 | State v. Robert S. Roadman | Cocke | Gaming |
Roadman appealed conviction for betting on elections, one instance in which he & James Craigmiles were so charged & another in which he & Fine P. Kendrick were so charged, though both instances appear to be on the same date: October 1, 1844. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1128 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1841 | State v. Jehu Fugate | Cocke | Gaming |
Fugate charged with promoting & encouraging a game of cards, which constituted illegal gaming. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: Oversize Box 16 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1854 | State v. W.J. Rainwater & William Quarle | Jefferson | Gaming |
Sept. 1, 1854, defendants said to have gambled at a game of skill commonly called 'shooting at a mark'. Defendants executed the skill on a public street and took wagers in the amount of 50 cents. Indictment was quashed. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1150 | 9 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1857 | State v. John C. Ramsey | Knox | Gaming |
On 4 Nov. 1856 the defendant wagered $250 in bank notes on the results of the Presidential election that was held on that day. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1159 | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1916 | State v. W. A. Latura | Shelby | Gaming |
Charged with keeping a Gaming House. |
West | Range: 79 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1443 | 159 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1849 | State v. Daniel Dickinson | Claiborne | Gaming |
For playing games of hazzard with cards for money. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1167 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | State v. Sandy Dobbins | Maury | Gaming |
Found guilty and fined $5 plus court costs. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 761 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | State v. George Washington Beets | Grainger | Gaming |
"with force and arms unlawfully did play at a certain game of cards with a free person of color" named "Houston" on the Sabbath day, and slaves named "Henry," and "Elbert' property of David Whiteside, and slave named "Stephen," the property of Samuel Gill. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1179 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1919 | State v. John Floyd | Shelby | Gaming |
Charged with keeping a gaming house. Mentions that craps was the game being played. |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1563 | 65 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1868 | State v. John S. Lovell | Hamilton | Gaming |
Incomplete case file. Defendant is accused of unlawfully playing, betting and gambling. Description of the games includes a game of hazard. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1225 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1893 | State v. Clint Ozment | Wayne | Gaming |
The defendant was accused of unlawfully playing games of hazard and address for money. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 955 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | State v. Toney Johnson | Maury | Gaming |
Defendant is accused of unlawfully participating in a game of hazard and making a bet with dice for money, silver, nickels, and liquor. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 851 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1924 | State v. Lorenzo Morrow | Madison | Gaming |
Morrow was accused of keeping a house of gaming and gambling. Morrow's appeal is included. |
West | Range: 78 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1858 | 95 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | State v. Simon Bradford | Knox | Gaming |
Defendant was arrested and tried for the violation of gaming in Knox County. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 102 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | State v. Sam Jefferson, c. | Davidson | Gaming |
The State charged the "yeoman" Sam Jefferson, "c[olored]," with engaging games of hazard. No docket number. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1089 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | State v. I. F. Bobo | Lincoln | Gaming |
The defendant was charged with illegal gaming for running a "nickel in the slot machine." |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1089 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | State v. R. W. Brown | Lauderdale | Gaming |
Charged with running a shooting gallery where people paid $.05 for 2 shotgun shots and could win $.25 if they cut the string when shooting. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1258 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1857 | State v. A. Adler | Washington | Gaming |
The defendant is being charged with illegal gaming. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1154 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1916 | State v. Walter Petty | Henderson | Gaming |
Walter Petty was originally indicted with Bill Hodgin and Dave Barker for gaming. |
West | Range: 79 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1432 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1857 | State v. George Brown | Knox | Gaming |
Brown accused of illegal gaming by betting on the results of a presidential election, specifically whether Buchanan would beat Fillmore in Tennessee. Brown said he had already been tried for said betting & shouldn't be tried twice for the same offense. Sectionalism and slavery's extension were key issues in the camaign of 1856. Democrat James Buchanan won. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1156 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1857 | State v. Robert G. Campbell | Hamilton | Gaming |
On 25 Oct. 1856 defendant unlawfully bet a gallon of whiskey valued at $1.00 that Joseph Wood would not vote for Millard Filmore for President on 4 Nov. 1856. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1159 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1857 | State v. William S. Adams | Meigs | Gaming |
On 1 Sept. 1856 the defendant purchased a gelding from William Baldwin, promising to pay $300 for it when the horse was worth only $150. The $300 would be payable when the state of TN cast her vote for James Buchanan for President of the US on 4 Nov. 1856. The court judged this a violation of state laws against betting on elections. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1159 | 9 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1857 | State v. James P. Philips | Cocke | Gaming |
Additional Defendant: Nathan N. Stokely. On 1 Sept. 1856 defendants bet among themselves on the results of the upcoming Presidential & Vice- Presidential election. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1159 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | State v. William H. Plumlee | Knox | Gaming |
Plumlee and Andrew F. Steel, laborers, were convicted for gambling on and participating in a "shooting match." They shot at a mark less than 200 yards from a public road and wagered five cents on the outcome. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1162 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | State v. David Sanders | Jefferson | Gaming |
Defendant played cards with a Jesse Miller, which was labeled unlawful and dangerous behavior. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1168 | 9 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1918 | State v. George Dooley, F. B. Tamble & Willie Engelmeyer | Shelby | Gaming |
Charged with "feloniously keeping a gaming house". Location was South Second Street and Huling Avenue. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1515 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | State v . George Saville | Knox | Gaming |
Saville charged with unlawful gaming when he sold to James Hobbs certain closed and sealed packages each of which contained candy and other unknown things such as money, watches, earrings, brooches, and other valuable jewelry. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1217 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | State v. Jesse Williams | Knox | Gaming |
Defendant is accused of selling sealed packages containing candy and some other valuable prize such as jewelry or money. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1217 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1938 | State v. Harry E. Ballentine | Hamilton | Gaming |
Harry was convicted of illegally possessing & operating a gaming device called "Tips or Tip Boards" (also called "Trade Booster") & keeping a gaming house (called Chester's Place, 819 Broad, in Chattanooga, owned by Franklin & leased to "Rabbit"). Harry sentenced to 6 months in workhouse & $50 fine. Arresting officer: T. A. Gillespie (member of police department's racket squad). |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1254 | 47 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1938 | State v. J. O. Dunn alias Shorty Dunn | Hamilton | Gaming |
Dunn convicted of operating gaming device (tip boards), other gaming-related charges, fined $50, sentenced to 11 mos. 29 days in workhouse. Dunn worked at Brunswick Billiard Parlor on Market St in Chattanooga. S. P. Wilson (steelworker) swore out warrant. Other witnesses: Tom Gillespie (head of racket squad). |
East | Range: 9 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1278 | 65 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | State v. John McCormick | Davidson | Gaming |
Defendant's name also spelled McCormack. Defendant is accused of participating in and promoting gaming. Said games included games of hazard and cards. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 874 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | State v. Stanley Huggins & Lockwood Brock | Weakley | Gaming |
Charged with playing "craps" for money. |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1721 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | T. N. Hazlewood & wife Anna Hazlewood v. The Merchants & Traders Produce Exchange et al. | Davidson | Gaming |
Add. Defs (individuals dba firm named above on College St, Nashville): B. Lanier (acting mgr.), Hugh McCrea, Julius Sax, Max Sax, Wm Duncan, A. Russell Duncan. Defs. said license Gen. Assembly issued them in 1875 authorized them to deal in futures. Hazlewood (produce merchant) sued to recover $2,000 lost in "bucket shop" transactions with Def.. whereby parties speculated on future rise/decline of price of certain commodities. Court said transactions were gaming contracts so Pltf's. could recover. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 732 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | Tom Martin v. State | Davidson | Gaming |
Plaintiff in error is accused of participating in and promoting unlawful gaming. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 888 | 11 | Order A Copy |