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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1928 | Eugene Mack v. State | Hamilton | Murder |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of Murder in the First Degree. Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 86 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Floyd Abbot v. State | Hamilton | Murder |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of Murder in the Second Degree. Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Irene Talley v. State | Hamilton | Murder |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of Murder in the Second Degree. Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 86 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Jackson Nelson v. State | Hamilton | Murder |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of Murder in the Second Degree. Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | John Giles v. State | Hamilton | Murder |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of Murder in the 2nd Degree. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | John Padgett v. State | Polk | Murder |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of Murder in the First Degree. Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | James Bolton v. State | Hamilton | Murder |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of Murder in the First Degree with mitigating circumstances. Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Norman Ray v. State | Washington | Murder |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of Murder in the Second Degree. Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Robert Curry v. State | Hamilton | Murder |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of Murder in the 2nd Degree. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Reece Guthrie & Otis Jennings, in error v. State | Hardin | Murder |
Appeal case only. Supreme Court of Tennessee at Jackson in 1930. Original case was heard in 1928 in Hardin County. 2 folders. Guthrie & Jennings were accused of killing Archie May while drunk. Guthrie was given 3 years in the prison and Jennings was given 5 years in the prison. |
West | Range: 77 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 2003 | 341 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Roxie Wilson v. State | Hamilton | Murder |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of Murder in the Second Degree with mitigating circumstances. Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | State v. Roy Parkerson | Obion | Murder, 1st degree |
Victim was Monroe Wallace, aka Boy Wallace. Parkerson shot him with a pistol. Murder occurred in a pool room at Reelfoot Lake called Shaw's Park. |
West | Range: 77 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 2006 | 117 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | State v. Von T. Knight & Paul Knight | Hardeman | Murder, 1st degree |
The dfnts were accused of the murder of M. B. "Babe" Farris, attacking him with sticks, knives, and other deadly weapons. Appeals are included. Housed in 2 folders. |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1937 | 298 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Sol Williams & John Parton v. State | Sevier | Murder |
In 1924 John Parton shot & killed Joe Rector. Parton & Williams were drunk, walking down the road, past the Rector home, on their way to visit a prostitute, Ida Bohanan. During testimony Parton tried to frame Williams, blaming him for the shooting, though Williams remained on the road during the incident. File includes a request for pardon, letters in support of Williams, petitions, all advocating for clemency. Exhibits: 3 photographs. Excellent description of area's social culture. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 19a | 94 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | State v. Boyd Harris | Monroe | Murder |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of Murder in the 2nd Degree. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Tom (W. T.) Corvin v. State | Polk | Murder |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of Murder in the 2nd Degree. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Willie Wise v. State | Hamilton | Murder |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of Murder in the Second Degree with mitigating circumstances. Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 1 | Order A Copy |