Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1877 Audry Collins, Pat Collins, Edward Greene, Jack Lane v. State Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victim: A. L. Rawlings. County: Unknown.

 East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 35 5 Order A Copy
View Entry 1928 Bob Thurman v. State Rhea Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Case file is incomplete; opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 1 Order A Copy
View Entry 1890 Burk Milum (col.) v. State Lincoln Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Plaintiff in error is accused of attempting to rape Alma Hicks, daughter of Lewis Hicks, the plaintiff's employer. Lewis Hicks claims he entered his home to find the plaintiff assaulting his daughter. The plaintiff claim it was Alma who initiated the interaction.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 872 36 Order A Copy
View Entry 1916 Clarence Roland v. State Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victim: Nell Conroy; plaintiff in error case;

 West Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1451 351 Order A Copy
View Entry 1943 Charles Wallace v. State Knox Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

2 Folders.

 East Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 194 453 Order A Copy
View Entry 1915 D. B. Plumlee, Jr. v. State Overton Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Additional parties: J. C. Copeland, Mrs. A. V. Harris, T. B. Ogletree.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 134 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1944 Elwood Lyons, et al. v. State Unicoi Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victim: Otha Daugherty. Additional Plaintiffs: Kyle Collins and Charles Loveless.

 East Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 121 345 Order A Copy
View Entry 1917 Ed Cantrell v. State Davidson Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Attempted rape of Bobbie Latham. Statutory

 Middle Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 93 0 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 1887 Edward Isaacs v. State Davidson Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Amanda Hudson was in her home when a described Negro man came into her kitchen and tried to grab her. She and her children ran outside, grabbed rocks and sticks, and beat the man until he ran away when he saw a neighbor coming with a shotgun. He was apprehended 4 miles away. Defense claims the police arrested the wrong man because they lost the actual perpetrator.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 729 99 Order A Copy
View Entry 1934 Fred Vickers v. State Hamilton Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Fred Vickers was charged with assault with intent to commit rape and sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary. He assaulted one Florence Orr. 2 folders.

 East Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1576 238 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 1917 Huntley May v. State Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

2 folders. The suit charges that Huntley May "did unlawfully feloniously violently and forcibly" made an "assault and battery on the person of Ruby Bratten, a female, with intent to commit rape" on January 3, 1915.

 West Range: 79 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1600 689 Order A Copy
View Entry 1906 Henry Crumpton v. State Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Henry Crumpton was charged with the assault and attempted rape of a woman named Bertha Hester.

 West Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 981 73 Order A Copy
View Entry 1944 J. A. Williams v. State Hamilton Assault with Intent to Commit Rape East Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 318 55 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 James W. Foster, in error v. State McMinn Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Foster was accused of attempting to kill William T. Wattenbarger. He hid in the bushes in broad daylight while Wattenbarger approached on the road. The defense argued that the jury was coerced in its decision. The main evidence was a pair of shoes worn by Foster the day of the shooting, and the tracks they made in the freshly plowed soil of the corn field.

 East Range: 18 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1969 181 Order A Copy
View Entry 1916 Jesse& Earnest Manus v. State Cannon Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

The victim: James St. John of Cannon County.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 130 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1915 Jim Hop Hickey v. State Putnam Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Additional parties: Lizzie Sullivan

 Middle Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 134 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 James Oldham v. State Haywood Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Assaulted John Shaw with a knife & razor with the intent to commit murder in the second degree. Order to dismiss the appeal from the Haywood circuit court. Oldham's lawyer had an application for pardon signed by the judge & attorney general. It is not known whether the court was a civil or criminal one.

 West Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 653 55 Order A Copy
View Entry 1946 John Turner v. State Knox Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Made an assault upon Irene Owenby with the intention of forcibly having carnal knowledge w/her. In a motion for a new trial, E. R. Mynatt brought new evidence of the physical impossibility of committing rape in the coal truck cab. Owenby claimed she was walking home from the Appalachian Mills when defendant stopped and said, "Sweetheart you are going w/me." Evidence includes a swatch of plaid cloth and what looks to be the second page of a letter.

 East Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 792 260 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 1946 Kenneth Hackney v. State Knox Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Case incomplete; opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 2 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 1891 Lon Wyrick, alias Lon Sharp v. State Union Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

For assault & attempted rape of Mandie Wallace "a female under 10 years of age..."

 East Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1767 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1857 Major, a slave v. State Putnam Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Defendant is referred to as "Nig" throughout the file.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 251 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1924 Mrs. May Stewart v. Ben Whitson Dyer Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Whitson was charged with breaking into the Stewart home, lying in bed with Mrs. Stewart, lifting her night dress, and placing his hand between her thighs. May is also listed as Mary in some of the court documents. Housed in 2 folders.

 West Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1757 256 Order A Copy
View Entry 1898 Oscar Naylor v. State McNairy Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Case went to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Victim: J. E. "Lizzie" Brown.

 West Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 759 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1867 R. M. Hodges v. State Montgomery Assault with Intent to Commit Rape Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 321 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1907 Rich Floyd v. State Lauderdale Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Richard Floyd originally charged with assault with intent to commit rape on Laura Dickson on 3 Oct. 1906. Laura Dickson African American, age 12; Richard Floyd Caucasian, about 30, with wife & 1 child. Mentioned in case: Rhoda Wortham, mother of Laura Dickson & Lee Wortham, her stepfather.

 West Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1012 59 Order A Copy
View Entry 1843 State v. Henry, a slave Stewart Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Henry was a slave who was the property of William Brigham and the woman was Margaret Buchannan who was White

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 211 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1881 State v. George Smith (col.) Franklin Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victim: Ann Landus.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 State v. Elias Curry Perry Assault with Intent to Commit Rape West Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 38 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1872 State v. Andrew Brown Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victim's name was Alventa Tibbs, a child between the age of five and six. The mother was Lucy Tibbs of Memphis.

 West Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 43 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1915 State v. John Dalton Clay Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Contains pictures (A-G) as evidence. The charge also could be known as Felonious Assault.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 99 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1918 Sam Arnold v. State Bedford Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victim: D.H. Sneed.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 106 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. William Fare Dyer Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

The defendant was accused of assaulting an eighteen-year old woman named Lundy McCoy. Both were African-Americans.

 West Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 149 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 State v. John Walters Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape West Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 154 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1871 State v. Eli Maxwell Coffee Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Assault with intent to commit murder

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 302 32 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 State v. Samuel Meyers Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Verdict and Sentence Document Only.

 West Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 246 83 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 State v. Isaac Rodgers& Harrison Rodgers McNairy Assault with Intent to Commit Rape West Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1921 State v. Tom Hayes Davidson Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Cause of action: Assault with intent to commit incest with his daughter, Lou Ella Hayes, a girl aged about 17 years.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 426 94 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 State v. Camel Pratcher McNairy Assault with Intent to Commit Rape West Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 394 62 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 State v. L. C. Baker Gibson Assault with Intent to Commit Rape West Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 399 214 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 State v. James Rhodes Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape West Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 405 42 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 State v. George Brown Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victims: Nelson McDonald and Albert Frayson

 West Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 442 38 Order A Copy
View Entry 1896 State v. Samuel Swanson Davidson Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Swanson was charged with assault with intent to commit rape against the body of Ella Hooper, who was the step-daughter of Swanson. A few months later Ella Hooper alleged Swanson attempted a second attack. The trial focused on the credibility of Ella verses Swanson. The court sided with Ella Hooper, however there were legal questions related to the case.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1086 57 Order A Copy
View Entry 1896 State v. Thomas Gardner Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

The victim was Gus Mervine.

 West Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 482 41 Order A Copy
View Entry 1947 State v. Donald Roberts Carter Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Victim: Georgia Mae Franklin. Exhibits: 2 - items of clothing.

 East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 652 117 Order A Copy
View Entry 1899 State v. Frank Lee Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 723 51 Order A Copy
View Entry 1899 State v. J. S. Taylor Shelby Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

J. S. Taylor is accused of assaulting Parthina Ferguson.

 West Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 736 39 Order A Copy

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