Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1936 Baxter Burnett v. State Cumberland Liquor, Sale of Illegal

The plaintiff is being accused of unlawful sale of intoxicants.

 East Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1251 48 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 E. L. Jackson v. State Hamilton Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of

E.L. Jackson was charged with the felonious transportation of liquor…he was sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary.

 East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 942 14 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Hubert Suffridge v. State Knox Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of

Hubert Suffridge is charged with personally transporting one gallon or more of intoxication liquors.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 968 92 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 J. I. Huskey v. State Sevier Liquor, Sale of Illegal East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 956 80 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Jay Luttrell v. State Greene Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of

Willie Moore & W. M. Bowser arrested Luttrell for running a red light but without a search warrant. They suspected that Luttrell had whiskey in his auto, so he was tried on that charge. Witnesses: Bowser, Guy Mason, Willis Moore, W. K. Burkey, Herman Kiser & Fay Crum.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 979 106 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 J.E. Bost, alias v. State Knox Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of

J.E. Bost was charged with "unlawfully receiving, possessing, and personally transporting intoxicating liquors.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 950 82 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 State v. H. L. Barrett Washington Violation of Age of Consent

Defendant indicted and found guilty of "violating the age of consent" upon Lena Grant, 13 years old. Prior to the incident Barrett, an ex-soldier & tramp printer, had been examined at 2 hospitals & diagnosed with dementia praecox. His condition was not considered serious enough to warrant confinement. The Grants rented from Barrett, who boarded with them. Under the terms of their agreement the Grants were to keep the defendant's room clean, a task which usually fell to their daughter, Lena.

 East Range: 8 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 889 38 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 State v. Robe Freeman Hamilton Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 940 331 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 State v. W. S. Howell Hamblen Breach of Trust

Defendant employed by Pinnacle Mills from 1 Jan. 1927 until June 1930. Charged with fraudulently appropriating $8011 in company monies for his own use. Found guilty of "fraudulent breach of trust". Two bank notes were pinned to page 45 of larger Corporation Record Book.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 959 496 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 State v. Roy Matt Knox Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 986 86 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 State v. Arvil Sisson Anderson Violation of Age of Consent

Victim: Alma Jestice

 East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 924 40 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 State v. Roosevelt Hood Hamilton Violation of Age of Consent

Victim: Louise Dill

 East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 946 131 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 State v. Wilmer& Hobart Bowers Greene Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 974 106 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Willard Cooter v. State Hawkins Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of

Cooter convicted of transporting 9 half-gallon fruit jars of moonshine near Whiteside, Hawkins Co. Testimony: C. M. Combs, J. H. Howe, R. R. Rowan, Edgar Wolfenbarger, Arthur Smith, Rufus Armstrong, Blev Morrison, Virgil Smith & John Lyons (nicknamed Muskrat), a "colored man." Others mentioned: Ray Smith; Frank Hearst; Jodie Patterson. In direct examination, Lyons is addressed as "Uncle John." Witnesses testified that Cooter was at a candy pull, or candy stew, the night of the incident.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 967 83 Order A Copy