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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1917 | Claude Collins v. State | Marshall | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 90 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1891 | F. W. Brown, in error v. State | Grainger | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Original case: State charged Brown with selling intoxicating liquors within 4 miles of a school house and for failing to appear before the county court before selling said liquor. |
East | Range: 19 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1783 | 48 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1914 | Mose Nelson v. State | Bedford | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 131 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1915 | Pat McClain v. State | Rutherford | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 131 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1850 | State v. Charles Brantley | Montgomery | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Selling liquor without a license |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 238 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | State v. Robert Drury | Tipton | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Offense of selling liquor in quantities greater than a quart. Hon. Thomas J. Flippin, Judge, 14th Judicial Circuit. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 288 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1906 | State v. John Parr& Dan Williams | Gibson | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | West | Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 978 | 186 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1905 | State v. John Moore | Lauderdale | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1108 | 1108 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1887 | State v. J. W. Bukey | Hickman | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Selling liquor without a license. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 690 | 40 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1887 | State v. Charles Grove | DeKalb | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 696 | 28 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1858 | State v. Ale Hatfield | Scott | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Ale Hatfield is charged with selling liquor. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1100 | 6 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1841 | State v. Wiliam R. Caswell | Knox | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Anderson Hill also listed as defendant. The defendants allegedly knowingly sold large quantities of a "spirituous liquor called Sin to Owe" for profit. Indictment for retailing liquor. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1149 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1915 | State v. G. H. Hottum & Dusty Miller | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Opinion only. Violation of injunction inhibiting defendants from selling liquor. |
West | Range: 79 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1416 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1919 | State v. Tom Turner | Hardin | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | West | Range: 78 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1614 | 41 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1871 | State v. Stephen Irvine | Madison | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Sale of liquor on election day. Opinion only. |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 10 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1916 | State v. John Myers | Bedford | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 77 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1906 | State v. Acy Meeks | Hardin | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Additional cause of action: tippling. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1055 | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | State v. George Henley | Franklin | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Violating the 4-mile law. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 699 | 19 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | State v. Jacob Schultz | Claiborne | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Unlicensed sale of spirituous liquors. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1100 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1888 | State v. Joe Johnson | DeKalb | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
This case is brought against the defendant for selling liquor four miles of a school. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 742 | 18 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | Will Robinson v. State | Marshall | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 90 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1914 | W. P. Black & S. G. Heiskell v. State, Ex Rel | Knox | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Incomplete case; opinion only. The State sued Black & Heiskell Heiskell for illegally selling liquor owned a building rented by Black, who reportedly sold liquor out of it. The suit tried to separate the fault of Black & Heiskell. Heiskell successfully proved his innocence as not part of Black's practices but merely a building owner. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 14 | 9 | Order A Copy |