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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1937 | Albert Poe v. State | Polk | Manslaughter |
Poe was found guilty of attempted voluntary manslaughter. Earl Martin testified that Poe assaulted him w/a knife after Martin's date w/Ruth Davis (Poe's former sweetheart). Poe had threatened Martin before. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1076 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | Bruner Powers v. State | McMinn | Manslaughter, Voluntary |
Statement of Case & Brief only. Plaintiff originally found guilty of causing the death of 19-year-old Verdie Seiber by striking her repeatedly during an argument so that she fell down a staircase & struck her head on the concrete. Seiber died of a fractured skull 14 Nov. 1936. Plaintiff & Seiber had been on friendly terms until the argument which was over his seeing another woman. Incident took place in roadhouse where Seiber also worked. Mentioned: Alf Daugherty, Seiber's stepfather. |
East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1056 | 25 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | Bob Reed v. State | Knox | Manslaughter |
"Involuntary Manslaughter." Other case documents in ET 1074. Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | Claud Dykes v. State | Knox | Manslaughter |
"Voluntary Manslaughter." Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | Herman Watkins v. State | Knox | Manslaughter |
"Voluntary Manslaughter." Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | Hubert Tranbarger v. State | Sullivan | Manslaughter, Involuntary |
Hubert Tranbarger killed Coy Jenkins in a car wreck. The deceased and 2 friends were walking along the road, when Coy was struck by the car Hubert was driving. |
East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1041 | 84 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | Hayden Brumblough v. State | Morgan | Manslaughter, Involuntary |
Victim: Agnes Holloway |
East | Range: 8 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1032 | 44 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | Melvin T. Duff v. State | Sullivan | Manslaughter, Voluntary |
Melvin Duff killed McClellan Larkin. Duff's wife and the deceased were having an affair. In two folders |
East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1041 | 302 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | Noble Baker v. State | Knox | Manslaughter |
"Involuntary Manslaughter." Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | Noble Baker & Frances Baker v. State | Knox | Manslaughter |
Plaintiffs originally found guilty of manslaughter in the September 1936 death of William A. Henry. A Cary/ Carrie Morgan indicted for the same crime. Henry & the defendants were fighting because Henry had stolen bed spreads & blankets from Nobel Baker. Henry died after falling out of a window. Some question as to whether the fall was accidental, or whether he was thrown or otherwise forced out of the window. May be related to Noble Baker v. State, ET Box 93. Includes hand drawn map. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1073 | 47 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | Ras Haun v. State | Knox | Manslaughter |
"Voluntary Manslaughter." Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | Raymond Virgil Hensley v. State | Knox | Manslaughter |
"Involuntary Manslaughter." Opinion only in this box. Remainder of case in box ET1064. Victim: Irene Thompson. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 17 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | Rufus Cobb v. State | Hamilton | Manslaughter, Voluntary |
Partial documentation. Victim's name not mentioned. |
East | Range: 8 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1032 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | State v. Roy Bailey | Knox | Manslaughter |
"Involuntary Manslaughter." Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | State v. Herbert Williams | Morgan | Manslaughter, Voluntary |
The victim's name in the case was Marvin Cole. The defendant was tried with Tildon Koger. Excludes map and drawing of killer's site. |
East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1040 | 148 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | State v. Roy Bailey | Knox | Manslaughter, Involuntary |
Roy Bailey was charged with involuntary manslaughter. He failed to stop at an intersection and collided with another car and the passenger in the other was killed in the collision. Oversize map located in M-17-17 |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1072 | 29 | Order A Copy |