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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1892 | Bart Doyle, In Error v. State | Knox | Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock |
Cause: Felonious Assault. Incident of 26 November 1891 (Thanksgiving Day), assault of W. T. Bower with a rock with intent to commit murder in the first degree. |
East | Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1730 | 54 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1930 | Charles W. Cook& Marlie Shelby v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Technically, the cause of action is "Assault with Intent to Commit Voluntary Manslaughter. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1941 | Eagle Pilky v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Vestal Pridemore. |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 133 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1944 | Floyd Bruce & Roy Bruce v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Kill | East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 184 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1943 | Floyd Bruce v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1948 | J. C. Thompson v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: G. Ray Cockran. |
East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 167 | 14 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | John Mickley v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: William Merres |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 813 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | J. C. Fuller v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Fuller was tried and found guilty of assaulting John C. Cox and attempting to commit voluntary manslaughter. An argument took place when Cox's friends Wright and Davis forced Fuller off the road--Fuller admitted that his car was undamaged, but that the incident did "irreparable injury to his feelings." Fuller pursued the two, but they cut him off again. By then Fuller was so agitated that he "applied to the occupants of the Ford an epithet suggesting canine maternal ancestry." |
East | Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1843 | 515 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | John Mickels v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Dissenting opinion only. Written by "Judge Nelson". Victim is not identified. Date is unknown. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 813 | 9 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1892 | Lark Brummett, In Error v. State | Knox | Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock |
Cause: Felonious assault. Incident of 20 Jan. 1892, plaintiff along with William Brummett, John Hunter, Charles Warrick, & Charles Lyle "unlawfully, willfully, maliciously, deliberately, premeditatedly, and of their malice aforethought, an assault did make upon the bodies of J. A. Coffman, C. E. Donaldson, J. P. Coffman, Link Williams, and Charles D. Fagala with certain deadly weapons, to wit: knives, clubs, rocks, & brickbats … with the intent .. to commit murder in the first degree.. " |
East | Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1730 | 54 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | Pleas Jackson v. State | Knox | Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock |
Jackson was on trial for attacking Henry Glass with a pistol loaded with powder and a lead ball. Jackson shot and wounded Glass. |
East | Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1693 | 49 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1943 | Roy Bruce v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1935 | State v. W. W. Anderson | Knox | Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock |
The name of the victim in this case was Ralph King, a deputy sheriff of Knox County. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 824 | 232 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1869 | State v. George Carter | Knox | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Rush Pate also listed as a defendant. Victim: Guilford Loney. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1186 | 23 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1893 | State v. James Householder and Frank Davis | Knox | Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock |
The two defendants were charged with felonious assault against Ebb Clapp. They had attempted to rob him at gunpoint. They ended up shooting off their guns and harming people in the crowd. |
East | Range: 18 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 2003 | 668 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1944 | William Bradford v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 2 | Order A Copy |