Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1900 Albert Morris, et al. v. State Shelby Manslaughter, Involuntary

Additional Defendants: Earnest Morris; James & Walter Nevill; John Butler. Plaintiffs originally charged with killing Audrey Gilbert on 28 March 1899. Walter Nevill & John Butler acquitted; remaining 3 convicted of involuntary manslaughter & sentenced to 2 years in the penitentiary. Appealing sentence.

 West Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 821 27 Order A Copy
View Entry 1920 Baxter Wooldridge v. State Shelby Manslaughter Middle Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 150 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1921 Minerva Copes v. State Shelby Manslaughter Middle Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 429 245 Order A Copy
View Entry 1914 Marshall Young v. State Shelby Manslaughter, Voluntary

Plaintiff was working as a bar tender. He claims that two men came in with a weapon and he shot them in self defense. This is an appeal from a sentence of one year upon a conviction for assault with a pistol. Additional part of case in WT Box 1354.

 West Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1349 217 Order A Copy
View Entry 1921 P. M. Johnson v. State Shelby Manslaughter

Charged with involuntary manslaughter, caused when he struck the victim with his vehicle, which he was "recklessly operating."

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 391 126 Order A Copy
View Entry 1869 State v. James Galvin Shelby Manslaughter

Murder of John Fenton.

 West Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 8 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 State v. Burrell Jackson Shelby Manslaughter

The name of the victim in this case was Mack Matthews. Matthews widow, Margaret, testified she saw Burrell Jackson's brother, Crawford, kill her husband, along with Burrell.

 West Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 350 50 Order A Copy
View Entry 1908 State v. J. C. Scott, Ed Calhoun, & A. J. White Shelby Manslaughter

Victim was Lennie Holmes.

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1221 194 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Ralph S. Brown Shelby Manslaughter

Incomplete file. Judgment only.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1241 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1918 State v. John Moore Shelby Manslaughter, Vehicular

John Moore and Robert Coil were indicted for unlawfully, wilfully, feloniously striking Sarah Sullivan with an automobile, causing her death.

 West Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1564 243 Order A Copy
View Entry 1919 State v. Fred Wilson Shelby Manslaughter, Involuntary

Victim: B. Littlefield; weapon: automobile truck

 West Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1568 53 Order A Copy
View Entry 1920 Sam Snell v. State Shelby Manslaughter, Involuntary West Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 147 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 State v. Henry Farrow Shelby Manslaughter West Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 224 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1919 Warner Chandler v. State Shelby Manslaughter, Voluntary

Chandler was accused of stabbing the victim, W.A. Campbell, with a knife over a gambling dispute. Campbell later died at a hospital after contracting Meningitis. Chandler argued it was self-defense. Chadler was found guilty and sentenced to seven years in the State Agricultural and Training School at Nashville.

 West Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1563 173 Order A Copy
View Entry 1917 W. A. Dillon, et al. v. State Shelby Manslaughter, Voluntary

5 folders. Additional plaintiffs: Tom Scarborough, Jesse Litton, Ned Russell, E. O. Dunlap, S. J. Smith (alias Bill Smith), A. S. Keywood, Walter Hendron, B. F. Cuff, Guy Hines, W. E. Miller, E. T. Broadfoot, S. C. Stagner, and ____ Wiseman. Plaintiffs were charged with assaulting J. C. Benson with a pistol. Benson died of the wounds and the plaintiffs were charged with voluntary manslaughter.

 West Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1654 1604 Order A Copy