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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 |
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| View Entry | 1933 | C. W. Yeary v. State | Hancock | Murder |
C. W. Yeary was accused of shooting an killing Obie Herrell. Herrell and friends came to Yeary's store at night and were causing trouble including verbally abusing Yeary and his wife. Yeary sentenced to 20 years for second degree murder. Appeals made, and governor petitioned for a pardon. 2 folders. |
East | Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1527 | 283 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1933 | Wardell Collins v. State | Hancock | Murder |
Plaintiff in error is accused of murdering Mathes Goins. Goins was married and had one baby and lived with his father, Tennessee Goins. Goins was killed at the Vardy Church house which was being used as a community school for adults in the evening. Pla. in error states that Goins was causing a disturbance at the church and when confronted, attacked him. Goins' wife is now a patient in an insane asylum near Knoxville due to mental illness caused by Pellagra. See also box 1360. |
East | Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1543 | 120 | Order A Copy |