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Tennessee Supreme Court Cases
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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1887 | Charles Burnett v. State | Knox | Public Indecency |
"Profanity." Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1936 | Homer Daughtery v. State | Hamilton | Public Indecency |
Convicted of public profanity & assault. Mrs. Daughtery demanded that Sheriff Ed Tate make Homer go home with her. He would not. Police then heard Homer swearing & damning the law. Deputies John Fryar & Ben Cain testified that Homer assaulted them, but witnesses differed. Homer said police struck him. Testimony: Mrs. Daughtery, Tince Doyle, Earl Crisp, Groomer Jett, John Clift, Frank Gibson, Louie Armour, Phil Lynch & Luke Mallory. After arrest, Homer cursed all the way from Soddy to Chattanooga. |
East | Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 979 | 51 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | Richard Martin v. State | Knox | Public Indecency |
Speaking profanity. Additional case materials are located in ET 1868 (Range 19, Section C, Shelf 6.) |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 103 | 62 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1899 | State v. Burt McClellen | Knox | Public Indecency |
"Profanity." Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 102 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1922 | State v. Denney Dunlap | Warren | Public Indecency | Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 419 | 8 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1839 | State v. Robert Smith | Knox | Public Indecency |
Defendant was drunk in public. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 680 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | W. B. Ashley v. State | Obion | Public Indecency |
Ashely was convicted of willfully and unlawfully disturbing and disquieting an assemblage of persons gathered for religious worship. He made loud noises, was drinking and swearing, and conducted other rude and indecent acts. Docket number not found. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 307 | 9 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1868 | William M. Rogers v. State | Union | Public Indecency |
The plaintiff is appealing a judgment of public indecency. The state accuses the plaintiff of using profane language in public. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1182 | 18 | Order A Copy |