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Tennessee Supreme Court Cases
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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1944 | Charlie Higgins v. State | Unicoi | Murder |
Murder in the First Degree. Victim: Steve Tipton. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 119 | 152 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1935 | Charlie Roberts v. State | Unicoi | Murder |
Murder of Hix Roberts. |
East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 895 | 167 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1944 | Charley Roberts Jr. v. State | Unicoi | Murder |
Victim: Charley Roberts, Sr. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 121 | 158 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1888 | John D. Wolfe v. State | Unicoi | Murder, 1st degree |
The State charged John and Henry Wolfe with the assault, battery, and first degree murder of Charles Hawkins with a pistol. A circuit court jury found him gulity of murder in the second degree. Exhibit is a map of the area where the Hawkins was killed at the mill near his home. |
East | Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1865 | 132 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1926 | Noah McInfurff v. State | Unicoi | Murder |
Order only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 70 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | State v. Frank Huskins | Unicoi | Murder |
Huskins charged w/murder, but convicted of voluntary manslaughter, for killing Tom Garland by stabbing him with a knife; sentenced to 2-5 yrs in prison. Huskins & Garland were w/others (Charles Stanton, Clint Casey) & had been drinking; fight broke out in public neighborhood street, leading to Garland's death. Case prosecuted by W.M. Garland (Tom's brother), who said he was dangerous when drinking. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1327 | 62 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | State v. Herbert Woddby | Unicoi | Murder |
Victim: Opie White. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1317 | 314 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1934 | State v. Fred Higgins, et al. | Unicoi | Murder |
Defendants: Fred Higgins, Herbert Boone, and Carl Foster. "to wit, on 4th day of April AD 1933 in the County aforesaid, then and there, did unlawfully, feloniously, willfully, deliberately, maliciously, premeditatedly, and of malice aforethought … kill and murder the said Ernest Foster in the first degree against the peace and dignity of the State." |
East | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1591 | 18 | Order A Copy |