Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1899 Ad Harmon v. State Madison Assault with Intent to Kill West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 722 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1894 Essie Long v. State Madison Assault with Intent to Kill

Essie Long was charged with assault with attempt to commit murder in the 1st degree for the shooting of Chester Brooks and E.A. Brooks.

 West Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 593 139 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 Elias Curry v. State Madison Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Indictment.

 West Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 248 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1915 Joe Exum v. State Madison Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victim: Mrs. Cora Ellison. Exum is also charged with breaking and entering Mrs. Ellison's house.

 West Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1408 72 Order A Copy
View Entry 1926 Oscar Jaggers v. State Madison Assault with Intent to Kill

Assault of J. A. Jones with intent to commit murder in the first degree.

 West Range: 77 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1908 37 Order A Copy
View Entry 1923 O. D. Coats v. State Madison Assault with Intent to Kill

Cause of action: Felonious Assault. Coats is charged with assaulting B. A. Wilson with a pistol with malice and "aforethought to kill and murder." See WT1733 for related case.

 West Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1733 24 Order A Copy
View Entry 1920 Ross Graves v. State Madison Assault with Intent to Kill

Ross Graves is charged with "assault with intent to commit murder upon Jesse Browner."

 West Range: 78 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1613 44 Order A Copy
View Entry 1922 Raymond Cole v. State Madison Assault with Intent to Kill

Cole was indicted for "assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree upon the body of Henry Hall in May, 1921."

 West Range: 78 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1691 80 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 State v. General Brooks Madison Assault with Intent to Kill

Defendant is accused of assaulting Bob Exum with a shotgun. His appeal was based on the information that the gun was not loaded; however, he had "snatched the gun from a man passing along the street … and believed it was loaded."

 West Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 632 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1898 State v. Ad Harmon Madison Assault with Intent to Kill

Ad Harmon is charged with "felonious assault with the intent to commit murder in the first degree upon the body of D.C. Whitman."

 Middle Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 699 56 Order A Copy
View Entry 1903 State v. Primus Pegues Madison Assault with Intent to Kill West Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 861 15 Order A Copy
View Entry 1906 State v. Mack Joiner & Earnest Riley Madison Assault with Intent to Kill

The name of the victim in this case was Howlett Caradine.

 West Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1036 591 Order A Copy
View Entry 1914 State v. R. B. McCommon Madison Assault with Intent to Kill

The victim's name in this case was Ester Derry, who was engaged to the defendant's son but left him when she became pregnant. The shooting took place during an argument when the son refused to marry the woman.

 West Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1348 153 Order A Copy
View Entry 1919 State v. Jack Epperson Madison Assault with Intent to Kill

Victim listed as Mahona Epperson.

 West Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1563 50 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 State v. Jim Logan Madison Assault with Intent to Kill West Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 State v. Irvin Hill, alias Irvin Reed Madison Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Defendant's name is also spelled as Erv Hill, Eve Hill, Erve Reid, and Eve Reid. The victim was a 15-year-old girl named Georgie Ann Bradley, and the rape is said to have occurred in either Wilson or Williamson County, Tennessee.

 West Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1558 39 Order A Copy
View Entry 1902 State v. Ross Witherspoon, Jr. Madison Assault with Intent to Kill

The victim's name in this case was V.A. Rogers.

 West Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 855 50 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 State v. Will Carroll Madison Assault with Intent to Kill

Carroll was charged with assaulting John L. Lewis with a pistol. Carroll did shoot him in the shoulder, breaking his collar bone.

 West Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 858 54 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 Tom Oliver v. State Madison Assault with Intent to Kill West Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 364 26 Order A Copy