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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 | 1883 | State v. Henry "Cuff" Ventress | Henry | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Ventress indicted for attempting to murder George Wiley in April of 1881 by striking him on the head with a "heavy stick or club". |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 213 | 24 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. Riddick | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Jessie McLaller claimed that the defendant shoved her in the street and followed her into a store with a knife threatening to kill her and cut her ear off. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1124 | 48 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. W. S. Saylors | Van Buren | Assault with Intent to Kill | Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 659 | 36 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. N. M. K. Humes | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Henry D. Ellis. Additional parties: H. P. Ricketts, Emanuel Rainds, Dan Cowley |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 219 | 16 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. Burrell Nance (col.) | Rutherford | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The State charged Nance with assault with the intent to commit murder in the first degree against Edward Poston with an axe, hatchet, and rocks. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1145 | 29 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. Elias Whitley | Maury | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Alias of Defendant: Elias Wheatley. Victim: Chester Johnson. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 499 | 27 | Order A Copy |