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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 | 1948 | Wayne Sharp v. State | Sevier | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 150 | 202 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1949 | Wallace Taylor v. State | Greene | Assault with Intent to Kill |
"Assault with Intent to Commit Voluntary Manslaughter." Victim: Cecil Long. |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 187 | 192 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1914 | Wade Lindsey v. State | Henry | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Cause of action: assault of Mack Lee with a stick and loaded whip with intent to kill |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1408 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1944 | William Bradford v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1939 | W. A. Kennedy v. State | Roane | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: James Moore. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 109 | 83 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1946 | Walter Webb v. State | Scott | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Douglas A. Holt. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 111 | 51 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Willie Brown v. State | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Brown charged with multiple counts. He was charged with breaking and entering the home of Roy Bush with the intent to steal goods, wares, money and personal property. Then he was charged with intent to rape Sarah Bush. Last he was charged with assaulting Sarah Bush with a knife in attempt to murder her. Court documents claim that a new trial should be granted because Sarah Bush was not reared in this country and did not have much experience with colored people and could have mistaken who assaulted her. |
East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 326 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1911 | W. N. Barham v. State | Henry | Assault with Intent to Kill | West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1084 | 95 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1930 | Willie McClain v. State | Obion | Assault with Intent to Kill |
McClain was charged with "Assault and Battery with intent to commit murder on the body of Ethel Perkins." |
West | Range: 77 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 2021 | 53 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | Willard Stanley& Dillard Phillips v. State | Scott | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Willard Stanley, Dillard Phillips and Riley Phillips were indicted for a "Felonious Assault with Intent to commit murder in the first degree on the body of Schofield Sexton." Riley Phillips was found not guilty. |
East | Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1388 | 136 | Order A Copy |