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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 | 1941 | Elmer Sexton, alias Dutch Sexton v. State | Scott | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Curtis Keaton. |
East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 149 | 52 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | Homer Bowling v. State | Scott | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Homer Bowling is charged with assault with the intent to rape a 69 year old woman by the name of Sylvania Newport….what makes this case unusual is that she is also the step grandmother of Homer Bowling. He was given a sentence of one year in prison. Homer Bowling claims that his step grandmother was trying to rummage through his pockets while he slept and when he woke up she had his dollar and was tucking it in her shirt. That is why he said he attacked her. He said he had no intention of raping her. |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 801 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | John J. Smith, et al. v. Morris Foster, et al. | Scott | Assault with Force and Arms |
Case file is incomplete; transcripts describe a violent encounter between the two parties, though additional parties are not named. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 65 | 66 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1947 | Kenneth Lawson v. State | Scott | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Victim: Rue Kennedy. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 111 | 43 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1926 | Segel Sexton& Lee West v. State | Scott | Assault with Intent to Kill |
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East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 70 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | State v. Mack Burchfield | Scott | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Defendant shot and wounded one Moda Marcum with a pistol. Maynard Terry also listed as a defendant in file. |
East | Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1411 | 115 | 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 | 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 |