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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1909 | Archie Clark v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor illegally. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1909 | Arthur Wright v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor without a license. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1947 | Abe Waterson v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
"Violating the Bone Dry Law." |
East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 167 | 161 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | Amos Oglesby & E. J. Hankins v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 232 | 106 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1939 | Ab Case & Jean Rogers v. State ex rel J. Fred Bibb | Knox | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 274 | 103 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1940 | A. L. Heck v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 230 | 10 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1912 | Blaine Sliger v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor illegally. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1936 | Bill Giffin v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Final Decree, Procedendo and Notes only. Is linked with Frank Thomas v. State - Case is in same box - #98. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 98 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | Burrell Badgett v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff in error is charged with violating the Bone Dry law by transporting liquor into and within the state of Tennessee. |
East | Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1355 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1912 | Ben Tallent v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor illegally. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1936 | Bill Giffin, alias& Frank Thomas v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Griffin was convicted of possessing liquor and was fined $300 and sentenced to 90 days in the county workhouse. Thomas was charged with the same thing and fined $100 and sentenced to 30 days in the county workhouse. |
East | Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 979 | 270 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1929 | Clarence Drummond v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he transported liquor illegally. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Carl Ruth v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 230 | 46 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1943 | City of Knoxville v. Mrs. Roscoe Roberts | Knox | Ordinance Violation |
The defendant was charged with violating an ordinance of the City of Knoxville prohibiting the storing of liquor. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 604 | 39 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | C. W. Williams v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he transported liquor illegally. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1942 | Charles Fair v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 232 | 64 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1910 | Dick Martin v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor without a license. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | Dana Hicks alias Dana Jenkins v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Final Decree only. Date: Unknown. Cause of Action: Selling liquor on a Sunday. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 85 | 1 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1872 | E. W. Crozier v. The Corporation of Knoxville | Knox | Ordinance Violation |
Plaintiff sued Etheldred W. Crozier for refusing to comply with the city ordinance requiring him to lay pavement in front of his lot on the East Side of Gay Street. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1242 | 40 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | Elmo Loftis v. State | Knox | Violation of Age of Consent |
"Charge of violating the age of consent on a female by the name of Lucy Mullins on or about the ___ day of August 1930." The female in question testified that she was 17 years of age. She had been a resident of Meigs County. While in Knoxville, defendant and girl visited office of Dr. C. E. Pierce to determine if she was pregnant. |
East | Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1351 | 18 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | E. J. Tallent v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
"Violating the Bone Dry Law." |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 219 | 45 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1942 | Earl Grubb, et al. v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
"Violating the Bone Dry Law." Additional Plaintiffs: W. R. Wilson, George Kennedy, and Dewy Morris. |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 118 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1936 | Earl French, alias& J.W. French, alias v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Earl and J.W. French were charged with unlawfully receiving and possessing certain intoxicating liquors. Search warrant included. |
East | Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 977 | 64 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1936 | Frank Thomas v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Final Decree and Procedendo only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 98 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | Fletcher Giles& Herman Watkins v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1075 | 159 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1938 | F. M. Lang v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Final Decree and Procedendo only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1911 | Filmore Morgan v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he illegally sold liquor. Case file is incomplete; orders and opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | F. R. Noe v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
"Violating the Bone Dry Law." |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 219 | 42 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | George Holbert v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
"Violating the Bone Dry Law." |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 204 | 86 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1933 | George Huguley, Jr. v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Action: unlawfully receiving, possessing and personally transporting intoxicating liquors. Jurors: J. E. Cate, foreman; John Brakebill, S. W. Pickens, J. A. Chesney, A. H. Simpson, Henry R. Hurst, A. H. Rule, D. H. Bratcher, J. H. Brackman, C. F. Cox, J. H. Brown, M. U. Weaver, and R. W. Hass. |
East | Range: 10 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1488 | 79 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1911 | Gib Henderson v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor illegally. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1938 | G. E. Garner (alias Red Garner) v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he unlawfully possessed alcohol. Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1892 | George Miles v. the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Knoxville | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Cause: "Geo. Miles & John Miles are guilty of selling & causing & permitting to be sold, bartered, or given away at their saloon in said City (Knoxville) vicious, spirituous, and malt liquors it being the Sabbath Day or Sunday November 8th 1871 and in violation of the ordinances of the City … " |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1938 | G. H. Smith v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
"Unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor." Case incomplete; legal opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 103 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Henry Green v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he transported liquor illegally. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1929 | Hugh Owens & Arthur Owens v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor illegally. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1942 | H. G. Curtis v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 232 | 38 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1938 | Joe Webb v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
See ET 1289 for additional part of case. Possession of whiskey. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 52 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1936 | J. E. Bost alias v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Final Decree and Procedendo only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1936 | J. F. Shultz et al.v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
J.F. Shultz and Mat Lewis were jointly indicted on four different counts of liquor violations. |
East | Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 958 | 323 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1942 | Joe Duncan v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he unlawfully possessed alcohol. Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1944 | J. E. Sizemore v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
"Violating the Bone Dry Law." |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 202 | 234 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1944 | James Erby v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
"Violating the Bone Dry Law." |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 162 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1940 | James Lettner v. State | Knox | Violation of Age of Consent | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 249 | 22 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1942 | Joe C. Duncan v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 230 | 56 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1944 | Kelly Hodges Rogers v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
"Driving While Drunk." |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 38 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | Kaiser Weaver, alias, Addison Mynatt, alias & Phillip Hinderlight alias | Knox | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 232 | 16 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1888 | Luther Everett (alias Lewis Everett) v. State | Knox | Sabbath Violation |
"Retailing liquor on Sunday." Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 103 | 39 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1935 | Luther Clayton, alias v. State | Knox | Violation of Age of Consent |
Luther Clayton was charged with violating the age of consent upon one Leona Burkhart. Luther Clayton and Leona Burkhart had sexual relations on numerous occasions which resulted in a pregnancy. A dead baby was found by a tree. Drawing of property included. |
East | Range: 8 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 845 | 272 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | Lewis Henry, alias v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Illegal manufacture of intoxicating liquor (operating a still). |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1315 | 36 | Order A Copy |