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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1917 | C. J. Gay v. State | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Selling whiskey within four miles of a school house. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1515 | 14 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1914 | Dominick Pierotti v. State, Ex. Rel. Z. N. Estes | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Pierrotti was conducting, maintaining, carrying on and engaging in the sale of intoxicating liquors at Calhoun Supply Co., Memphis, in violation of the law. Includes appeal. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1490 | 75 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1897 | Ed Lynch v. State | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Ed Lynch is charged with the illegal sale of liquor and doing business on a Sunday. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 538 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | E. A. Laughter v. W. N. Fisher | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1500 | 24 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1920 | State v. Theodore Matthews | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 49 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1919 | State v. H. A. Michell | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
H. A. Michell was accused of transporting intoxicating liquors that had been received by a carrier. |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 22 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | State v. I. H. Finley | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Finley was indicted for receiving, possessing and transporting intoxicating liquor. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 145 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1897 | State v. Ed Lynch | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
The defendant was also charged with keeping his saloon open on Sunday. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 514 | 18 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1897 | State v. E. J. Miller | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
The defendant was also accused of keeping his tavern open on Sunday. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 516 | 15 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1905 | State v. Joe C. Engel | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 897 | 28 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | State v. L. Barasso | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Opinion only. Guilty of violating injunction against the illegal sale of liquor. |
West | Range: 79 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1416 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1915 | State v. Memphis Hotel Company | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
2 folders. Managers of the Hotel Gayoso and Peabody Hotel were operating illegal drinking saloons in two of the hotel rooms, as well as serving liquor in the billiard rooms. The hotel was then in violation of the four mile law and Nuisance Act. Seeking an injunction forbidding the future sale of liquor at the hotels and for their stock to be destroyed after what is legal is sold. |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1387 | 361 | 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 | 1917 | State v. Mrs. Jim Stewart | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Sale of liquor within 4 miles of a schoolhouse. |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1452 | 102 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1914 | State v. Charles Podesta et al | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Charles Podesta and Charles Cassotti unlawfully sold or tippled intoxicating liquors since March 1 1914 on premises that are within 4 miles of school houses |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1477 | 56 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1872 | State v. Ed Henderson | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Ed Henderson is charged with selling A.J. Hayes liquor on Sunday. |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 22 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. C. H. Thomas | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Unsure about docket number. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 165 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1884 | State v. Henry Wright | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 265 | 33 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Sam Rogers | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Selling liquor to a Minor, Lee Miller. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 19 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1914 | State ex rel Z. N. Estes v. L. Barasso | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Estes was the state Attorney General. |
West | Range: 79 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1444 | 104 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1914 | State ex rel v. C. H. Hottum et al | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
C. H. Hottum and Dusty Miller selling intoxicating liquors at 119 Madison Ave, City of Memphis since March 1 1914 |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1477 | 54 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | Theresa Bolgeo, Eugene Williams aka Jim Williams v. State | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
"Violation of the Bone Dry Law." Unlawfully receiving intoxicating liquors, to-wit, whiskey, from a common or other carrier in this State. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1217 | 62 | Order A Copy |