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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1867 | Robert Fields v. State | Union | Robbery |
Fields is accused of assaulting Sarah Skeen and taking with force, four of her oxen. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1194 | 32 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | State v. George Keller et al | Greene | Robbery |
Grand jury charged Keller, 4 other defs - Archibald Howland, Wm Dukes, Franklin Wyatt, John Keller -with assaulting Benjamin Wampler (nearly 70 yrs old), breaking into his house armed w/guns, stealing personal property. Wampler: Emerson Keller also there. Wampler was Union man; Def. were rebels. George Keller found guilty, sentenced to 5 yrs prison. Witness Mariah Keller (George's mom): George was 18 miles away boarding w/Wm Moore when crime committed. Court granted new trial; convicted again. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1194 | 35 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | State v. Joshua Anderson | Cocke | Robbery |
Anderson charged with assaulting Anderson Walker and robbed: 1 gun, one shot pouch), 2 boxes of caps, 1 powder horn, & 3 pounds of powder belonging to David C. Walker. Jury found Anderson guilty and sentence him to 5 years of hard labor in the pentitentiary. The defendant appealed. Anderson later did not show up in court and was fined $1000. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1195 | 25 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | State v. Joshua Anderson | Cocke | Robbery |
Bill of costs only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1197 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | State v. Benjamin Harrison | Jefferson | Robbery |
Harrison charged with assaulting Mary Hazlewood and robbing a dress, a coat, a mule, and 2 mares from her. Jury found Harrison guilty and sentence him to 2 years in the penitentiary. Harrison appealed. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1195 | 28 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | State v. F. M. Johnson & Michael Purkepile et al | Greene | Robbery |
Grand jury indicted Johnson, Purkepile, 7 others (Wm Corbitt, Henry Dennison, Samuel Shelton, Lacy Satterfield, Samuel Easterly, P. H. Thornburg, Newton Lane) for shooting at Milton Hale & stealing $450 & other personal property from him. Group indicted appear to be military company. Hale's testimony recounts Civil War battle (Bulls Gap) that occurred on the day in question (Nov 11, 1864), 7 miles from his house. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1194 | 54 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | William Hewitt v. State | Davidson | Robbery | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 266 | 0 | Order A Copy |