Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1936 David Cox v. State Bradley Manslaughter

David Cox, 16, originally indicted & tried for murder in the shooting death of Clifford Ewing on 1 April 1936. Defense argues that Ewing was shot accidentally as Cox & other young people played with a gun. Cox convicted of manslaughter. All parties involved in case appear to be African-American.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 970 29 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Harley Pack v. State Cocke Manslaughter

Victim: Swanney Sweeten.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 956 136 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 L. J. Chamberlain v. State Knox Manslaughter

Victim: Lloyd Guinn

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Robert Long v. State Grainger Manslaughter, Involuntary

Long & L. C. Carpenter shot Hiram Overton to death. Testimony: James Overton, L. C. Bryan, Tyler Parkey, Dana Ramsey, Hilt Ramsey, Bascomb Daniel, Virgil Brooks, J. A. Fleenor, Ed Beets, W. D. Hankins, Herbert Layle (Hobart Layel), Sam Roach, Robert Headrick, John Miller, Peter Fugate (also hit by a bullet) & J. A. Sampson (also Simpson). Shooting occurred near Beets filling station at Tate Springs, Tenn., as result of the theft of 4 bottles of motor oil.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 967 168 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Raymond Gardner v. State Sullivan Manslaughter, Involuntary

Raymond Gardner was found guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of Carl Compton and was sentenced to four years.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 968 88 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Susie Davis v. State Knox Manslaughter, Voluntary

Susie Davis, "a negro woman," shot & killed C. Robert Smith, "a negro man" in front of her home on Willow St., Knoxville. Smith was living in the Davis home, and while there "began going with her widowed daughter, Gertrude Taylor." Though not married, Gertrude & Smith moved to a house in Cruze Alley. Davis often called upon her daughter to help w/housework, which Smith resented. The day of the shooting, Gertrude was at her mother's house & Smith came to forcibly take her home.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 967 151 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 State v. Paul Waters Blount Manslaughter, Voluntary

The victim's name was Eldra Morton.

 East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 941 195 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 State v. Charley Brown Hamilton Manslaughter, Voluntary

The name of victim was James Gant.

 East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 948 25 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 State v. James Collins Johnson Manslaughter, Voluntary

Victim listed as Frank Bunton.

 East Range: 8 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1018 336 Order A Copy