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The files located in the Tennessee Supreme Court Cases represent an especially valuable resource for historical and genealogical research at the Tennessee State Library and Archives [TSLA].
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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1917 | C. H. Baxter v. State | Maury | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Additional party: Gus Wright. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 87 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Ed Cantrell v. State | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Attempted rape of Bobbie Latham. Statutory |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Huntley May v. State | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
2 folders. The suit charges that Huntley May "did unlawfully feloniously violently and forcibly" made an "assault and battery on the person of Ruby Bratten, a female, with intent to commit rape" on January 3, 1915. |
West | Range: 79 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1600 | 689 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | State v. Polk Boner& Will Martin | Warren | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The victim, Tom Cutts, |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 102a | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | State v. H. A. Mitchell | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The victim's name in this case was C. Fontana, who the defendant tried to kill with a pistol. |
West | Range: 79 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1443 | 56 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | State v. Andrew Davis (col.) | Smith | Assault with Intent to Kill | Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 90 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1917 | State v. Alex McDonald | Overton | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The charge in this case was Assault and Battery with intent to commit Voluntary Manslaughter. Bob Copeland was the victim. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 107 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | State v. Vance Bonds& Fred Newhouse | Gibson | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
4 folders. Bonds and Newhouse are charged with "assault with intent to commit rape on Lizzie Bell McLemore committed on the 6th day of July, 1916." Miss McLemore testified that she worked for Bonds. He had a business shipping tomatoes and she mde out his shipping labels, etc. Newhouse also worked for Bonds. |
West | Range: 78 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1625 | 792 | Order A Copy |