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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1931 | Harry M. Lawrence v. H. A. Wilson& J. B. Wilson, alias John Wilson | Rhea | Notes |
In 1927 J. B. Wilson executed a note to purchase an automobile from Lawrence. Plaintiff soon tried to discount the note but failed. Lawrence then bamboozled H. A. Wilson into signing the note after Lawrence promised he would not be required to pay it. |
East | Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1348 | 58 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1845 | Joshua H. Gist v. Isom P. Alley | Knox | Notes |
Alley was constable of the 7th civil district, and Gist and John Mynatt were partners in trade. The pair placed in Alley's hand sundry small notes which Alley promised to collect. Also involved: Elisha Herrington, James O. Sentry, John W. Alley, Pleasant. [last name illegible]. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1128 | 15 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1845 | James & Andrew Kirkpatrick, et al. v. South Western Railroad Bank | Blount | Notes |
Promissory note for $180.00. Others involved: Joseph Brown and Samuel Henry. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1130 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1854 | Robert Dwiggens v. William Brown | Bledsoe | Notes |
In the 1840s the principals were business partners dealing in cattle. Dwiggens now claims that Brown owes him for a $500 note. First page is badly torn and creased. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1188 | 75 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1949 | Sullivan County Criminal Case Lists | Sullivan | Notes |
Case lists of state criminal cases originating in Sullivan County for the years 1946 & 1949. |
East | Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 764 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1891 | State v. Paint Rock Coal and Coke Company | Scott | Non-payment of Bank Note |
The state claimed that the defendant unlawfully refused to cash a certain check within thirty days after its issuance and refused to redeem a certain check in lawful currency. |
East | Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1768 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1871 | State v. Jefferson Cloutz [Clounce] | Hawkins | Circulating Bad Checks or Notes |
Defendant charged with keeping a counterfeit U. S. Compound Interest Treasury note worth $50 with the "fraudulent and felonious intent" to pass it as genuine. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1241 | 24 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. W. A. Crockett | Henry | Circulating Bad Checks or Notes | West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1454 | 12 | Order A Copy |