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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1919 | State v. Mrs. Beulah Evans | Dyer | Prostitute, Knowingly Associating w |
Charged with keeping a "bawdy" house. |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1660 | 15 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. Georgia Porter | Dyer | Prostitute, Knowingly Associating w |
State charges Porter with being engaged in the operation of a house of prostitution in Dyersburg. She was charged $50.00 and an imposed a work-house sentence of ninety days. Porter was landlady to a house with a dance hall, electric piano, sharing housing with five other women, one of whom Marie Graves. |
West | Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1532 | 47 | Order A Copy |