This appeal case includes Maynard Griffith, plaintiff in error. The plaintiffs were charged for the murder of John Griffith

Victim was John Bradshaw. Weapon was a knife. Murder occurred June 29, 1888.

Deft. charged with 1st-degree murder in the 15 July 1888 shooting death of his brother, James Byrd. The victim was shot when he intervened on the behalf of witness Robert Quick, who the deft. threatened to kill after Quick begged him not to shoot another man (Woods) with whom the deft. had had a quarrel. Testimony suggested that the deft. was a violent & dangerous man, subject to fits of rage during which he was incapable of distinguishing right from wrong.

Victim: Robert Rushing

The state charged that the defendants Richard, alias Dick and Hampton, alias Hamp, assaulted and battered James Jones with guns and pistols, killing and murdering him in 1888.

Tip Carr (and Joe Carr, originally) charged with stabbing and killing Nelson Ray with a knife. Jury found Carr not guilty of first degree murder but second degree murder and sentenced him to 15 years in penitentiary. 2 folders.

Defendant is accused of stabbing and killing Geo. Fite after he and Fite got into an argument regarding the language Cotton was using. As he was dying, Fite told his father that it was Cotton who stabbed him.

Victim: Henly Sutton; Barnards shot and killed Sutton with pistols. See also ET 1831.

victim: Thomas Goodson; Honeycutt shot Goodson in the head and beat him

The State charged John, John (there were two), Anderson, Clint, and Elisha Barnard, all with the alias "Barnett" with the shooting murder of Henry Sutton. The circuit court found them guilty and sentenced them all to death by hanging in July 1889.

Defendant charged with the 21 June 1889 murder of William Wood.

Co-defendants are Wash McCowan and Sam Tilly. The charge is murder in the first degree. The defendants are accused of shooting and stabbing Martin Moore to death. Because of attendance issues with jury members, the first trial ends in a mistrial. In the second trial Sam Tilly is no longer listed as a defendant.

Exhibit only. A hand-drawn map of blacksmith shop and surrounding area where John T. Nolen was murdered. This map was filed by . H. Marable as exhibit to his testimony. Allen McCullum was also accused of murdering Nolen. See case State v. Harper Jordan and Allen McCullum (MT 759).

Stokes charged with murdering Thomas Benton Stokes. Jury found him guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced him to 10 years in the penitentiary.

Victim: Ova Davis