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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1926 | Frank Payoulatas v. State | Hamilton | Breach of Trust |
Final Decree only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 72 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1873 | Harvey& Keith v. John W. Wilson | Dyer | Breach of Trust |
John Wilson bought a large quantity of supplies for himself and family on the credit from Harvey & Keith, a business firm in Kentucky. Wilson didn't want to pay so Harvey & Keith pressed charges. The sum that Wilson owed was $1,476.00. |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 18 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1918 | James W. Purdy v. State | Davidson | Breach of Trust |
Witnesses included Wayman Lewis, Ruth Lewis, H. C. Binkley, H. C. Frost, and Bush Sneed. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 105 | 62 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | Jim Prater v. State | Polk | Breach of Trust |
Jim Prater is accused of fraudulent breach of trust by one John Lewis. The charge stems from a note that was issued between the two men. |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1423 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | John Y. Gill v. S. B. Spurlock & Co. | Lincoln | Breach of Trust |
Additional parties: George J. Goodrich, J.M. Spurlock, and W.E. Hoke. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 30 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1873 | Mack Bohm & Co. v. John W. Wilson | Dyer | Breach of Trust |
Bohm Mack & Co. is a business in Cincinnati . |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 18 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1873 | Pittman Bro. & Co. v. John W. Wilson | Dyer | Breach of Trust |
Wilson was indebted to this company in the amount of $1, 719.00. |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 18 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1946 | Roy Smelcer v. State | Greene | Breach of Trust | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 244 | 89 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1881 | State v. E. W. Napier | Davidson | Breach of Trust |
The defendant was an African-American man. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 174 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. John Stephens | Tipton | Breach of Trust |
Wronged party: Jacob Smith. |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 37 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | State v. David Calhoun | Shelby | Breach of Trust | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 281 | 31 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1887 | State v. J. E. Cuff | Decatur | Breach of Trust |
Defendant was charged with selling a peanut crop and keeping the proceeds instead of paying the money to John Phifer, to whom he owed a debt that the crop yield was to pay for. |
West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 416 | 15 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | State v. Pat McLean & Robert Fitzgerald | Shelby | Breach of Trust |
The defendants faced the additional charge of larceny. The case involved the purchase of fraudulent tickets at a race track in Memphis. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 693 | 116 | 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 | 1866 | State v. Jerry Ferguson ( col.) | Greene | Breach of Trust |
Indictment says Fraudulent Breach of Trust. Judgment only. Case is incomplete. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1124 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1916 | State v. Felix T. Pope | Shelby | Breach of Trust |
And fraud. The defendant was indicted for a fraudulent breach of trust when he secured a loan of $4,000 on $5,900 worth of notes for one A.G. Meehan. He was only authorized to secure a loan of $3,000 and appropriated to his own use the other $1,000. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1515 | 212 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1923 | State v. G.O. Box | Decatur | Breach of Trust |
G.O. Box is charged with unlawfully taking, stealing, and carrying away goods and groceries with a value of $50, the personal goods and chattels of I.L. Smith. |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1760 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1914 | State v. W. W. Willis | Anderson | Breach of Trust |
Willis accepted a deposit of $1537.39 from Charles F. Eager. At that time, Willis knew that the Knoxville Banking & Trust Company was insolvent. The argument is based on the interpretations of the Bank Law of 1911 and the Constitution. This law states that it is a felony to accept a deposit, as an officer of a financial institution, known to be insolvent. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 4 | 14 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | State v. General G. Hampton | Shelby | Breach of Trust |
Actual charge is Fraudulent Breach of Trust. Hampton was given $50 to make bond for L.T. Fort, and failing that to return the money to Fort's mother, Lilia Fort. According to the charge, he failed to return the money, converting it to his own use. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 49 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1874 | State v. Theodore Lott | Shelby | Breach of Trust | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1887 | State v. Henry Norman | Rutherford | Breach of Trust | Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 690 | 41 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. S. I. Wood | Shelby | Breach of Trust |
The defendant was also charged with larceny, based on a contract of agreement with Emma McClanahan to deposit money owned by W. M. McClanahan. |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1452 | 155 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | State v. J. Scott Bates | Bedford | Breach of Trust |
In Nashville, Bates rec'd from Josie Barnes a $2,000 check, representing insurance proceeds on the life of her deceased husband Thomas. Bates received the funds as Josie's agent for the purpose of depositing it in a Bedford County bank. Instead, Bates appropriated $825 of that money for his own use. Bates lived in Bedford County at Haley's Station. Josie lived in Nashville. (While case ongoing, Josie married S. D. Seals.) Jury convicted Bates & sentenced him to 18 mos. in the penitentiary. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 832 | 63 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | State v. James O. Senter | Hamilton | Breach of Trust |
Senter, an attorney and agent for Abraham Miller, accused of appropriating for his own use $900 of a $1,018.40 U. S. Treasury certificate payable to Miller. The money was bounty & back pay due Miller as the father of Samuel S. Miller, a U. S. soldier, 2d Lieutenant in Co. K of the 9th Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers. Senter charged with "fraudulent breach of trust". |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1659 | 79 | Order A Copy |