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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1918 | Abbie Arnett v. State | Davidson | Liquor Violation | Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 98 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1921 | Alias J. J. Mulcahy v. State | Shelby | Liquor Violation | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 173 | 76 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1926 | Arthur England v. State | Claiborne | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Order only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 68 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1909 | Archie Clark v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor illegally. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1909 | Arthur Wright v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor without a license. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Albert Clowers& Elmer Clowers v. State | Roane | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he manufactured liquor illegally. Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1922 | Andy Byrd v. State | Fentress | Liquor Violation |
Unlawfully transporting intoxicating liquor. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 423 | 25 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1947 | Abe Waterson v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
"Violating the Bone Dry Law." |
East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 167 | 161 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Amos Oglesby & E. J. Hankins v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 232 | 106 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1939 | Ab Case & Jean Rogers v. State ex rel J. Fred Bibb | Knox | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 274 | 103 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1912 | Andrew Johnson v. State | Haywood | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is African American. Cause of action: Selling liquor within four miles of a school house. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1053 | 44 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1915 | A. D. Smith v. State | Tipton | Liquor Violation |
sold liquor within four miles of schoolhouse; fined $50 and 3 months jail time |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1407 | 24 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1918 | Alfred Smith v. State | Putnam | Liquor Violation |
Witnesses included Bud Hunter, Pate Hunter, Tim Apple, Pate Pointer, W.R. Officer, Worth Bryant, and Wynne F. Clouse. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 105 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1919 | Alvin Richardson v. State | Overton | Liquor Violation |
Richardson was actually charged with "Public Drunkenness." Witnesses included Ev Talley and her two children, Grace and Carl. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 130 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1915 | Abe Reynolds v. State | Bedford | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 130 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | Aaron Birchfield v. State | Monroe | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 130 | 40 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1949 | Alf Wheelock v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
Selling whiskey. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 139 | 47 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Albert Tipton & Anson Shelton v. State | Greene | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 170 | 56 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | A. L. Heck v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 230 | 10 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1912 | Author Gentry v. State | Carroll | Liquor Violation |
Violation of 4 mile law. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 908 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | Arthur Poole v. State | Hamilton | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Arthur Poole is charged with illegally selling intoxicating liquors out of his home. |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 793 | 53 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1935 | Albert Dunk Gilliam v. State | Hamblen | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 818 | 13 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1937 | Alice Newsome v. State | Hamilton | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | East | Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1005 | 40 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1916 | Andrew Cordini v. State | Shelby | Liquor Violation |
Cause of action: Selling liquor without a license. |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1448 | 17 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1938 | Albert Tipton v. State | Unicoi | Liquor Violation |
Tipton charged and convicted of transporting liquor and violating a statute. He was fined $100 and sentenced to 6 months in the County Workhouse, suspended on good behavior. |
East | Range: 9 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1290 | 32 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | Adam Bunch v. State | Anderson | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
For selling liquor within 4 miles of a schoolhouse. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1315 | 53 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1914 | Bill Tucker v. State | Rutherford | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 134 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1922 | Ben Hill v. State | Maury | Liquor Violation | Middle | Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 162 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1927 | Bill Carrell v. State | Blount | Liquor Violation |
Final Decree only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 74 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1926 | Ben Crawford, George Marsee& Gaines Marsee v. State | Claiborne | Liquor Violation |
Final Decree only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 72 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1912 | Blaine Sliger v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor illegally. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1936 | Bill Giffin v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Final Decree, Procedendo and Notes only. Is linked with Frank Thomas v. State - Case is in same box - #98. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 98 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Bill Reese v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
"Possessing Liquor." |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 113 | 35 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1949 | Bob Coffee v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
Selling whiskey. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 139 | 67 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1922 | Bill Stewart v. State | Bedford | Liquor Violation | Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 465 | 24 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1949 | Bill Bowman v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 148 | 78 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1946 | Blain Chapman v. State | Campbell | Liquor Violation |
"Possessing Liquor." |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 227 | 36 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Beecher Lawson v. State | Bradley | Liquor Violation |
"Possessing Liquor." |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 66 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Bill Bolton v. State | Campbell | Liquor Violation |
"Possessing Liquor." |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 237 | 32 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1935 | Bill Starr v. State | Hamilton | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 891 | 11 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1936 | Bill Dunn v. State | Greene | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 979 | 97 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1918 | Bus Edwards v. State | Haywood | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Defendant was accused of selling liquor within four miles of a schoolhouse, procuring liquor within four miles of a schoolhouse, and selling liquor without a license. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1509 | 30 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1938 | Bud Carter v. State | Bradley | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff in error is accused of unlawfully keeping intoxicating liquors in his possession. The case file notes that Frank Barger, a deputy sheriff, received information that plaintiff had liquor from a "responsible and reliable citizen." Plaintiff in error is noted to live at 3227 Berry Street in the third ward of the City of Cleveland, Tennessee and bears the reputation of a bootlegger. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1268 | 19 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | Burrell Badgett v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff in error is charged with violating the Bone Dry law by transporting liquor into and within the state of Tennessee. |
East | Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1355 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1933 | Bill Prince & George Smythe v. State | Hamilton | Liquor Violation |
The pair were found guilty of violating Prohibition. They were fined $150 each. |
East | Range: 10 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1506 | 19 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1868 | Benjamin Hadley v. State | Davidson | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 266 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1918 | Bob Thompson v. State | White | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Joe Pointer was a witness at the trial. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 105 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1926 | Bob Kremser v. State | Hamilton | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Order only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 70 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1926 | Beatrice Wade v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
Order only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 68 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Bill Wells& Emmett Cox v. State | Hamilton | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor illegally. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |