The plaintiff is appealing his conviction of obstructing a public road. He was charged with this as a result of leaving a wagon across the Pulaski and Brick Church Turnpike.

"Profanity." Case incomplete; opinion only.

For building a fence across a public road six miles outside Knoxville & running east from a trestle of the Knoxville & Ohio Railroad on the Knoxville-Jacksboro Road.

The plaintiff in error was accused of obstructing travel by building a fence across a public road. Exhibit materials include a hand-drawn plat map depicting the properties of the plaintiff, George Taylor, and P. and L. Hatmaker. Said lands lie near the Clinch River.

Parker was charged with allowing trash to pile up on his property.

Residents of Cherry Street in Nashville object to the building of a stable in a residential area as they feel it would be a public nuisance

Dariox erected large, high fence in & across (& obstructing) road alleged to be 2nd or 3rd class public road, used by wagon carts/other vehicles, men on horseback & foot. Testimony re: use of the road, including that there was considerable settlement along Bays Mountain on both sides & they used road. Road also used by those going to Methodist & Quaker Meetinghouses. Daniel Spears said Dariox wanted to shut the road after death of her husband (who built road in first place as way to get to his mill).

"The indictment charge the defendant with obstructing a public road laid out and established by the county court."

Campbell is accused of building a fence over a public road. Campbell claims that he previously owned the land that the fence was built on but no longer does.

Add. Plaintiff: Kate Smoker. Action brought against the defendant for $5,000 as damages alleged to have arisen from the construction and operation of a sewage disposal plant by the defendant. The plaintiffs own a tract of land adjacent to the corporate limits of the town with a stream running through it. The plant used the same stream water and polluted it so it was unfit for domestic use as raw sewage was drained into it. States the plant has created a public nuisance and injurious to the citizens.

In 1875, the Court awarded in favor of the State by reason of the railroads having built a trestle connecting their roads from the depots of each of them in the city and doing this crossing several public highways. The actual charge was nuisance and obstructing a highway. Exhibits include small hand drawn map.

The State charged the city of Chattanooga with unlawfuly allowing a pool of stagnant and dirty water to remain in the first ward of the city, posing a public nuisance and danger to public health.

The defendant was charged with being publicly drunk to the common nuisance of the people. The defendant was sentenced today a fine of $50.00

Plaintiff as Road Commissioner sued the defendant for obstructing a public road. Defendant argued that the plaintiff did not have the power to bring suit and the original case was dismissed. The nature of the obstruction is unclear.

Charged with public drunkenness. Appeal based on: proof of guilt, whether the case should have been tried at the time it was, illegal testimony, inflammatory remarks by prosecutor, a no-show witness, and whether the prosecutor spoke too long.

Defendant was accused of disturbing public worship by noise, profanity, and indecent behavior.

James Watson, alias James Trisdale. On Sept. 1, 1875, defendant was arrested for public drunkenness. James Watson challenged the factual vagueness of the charges which made it impossible for him to prepare a proper defense.

William Sigler cut down trees and put them into a stream to block navigation into the community of Big Creek. The surname Sigler is also spelled Seigler. Indicted for obstructing a navigable stream.

Additional Defendants: Abe Newhouse & George Vaughan. Defendants indicted for placing a truck car on railroad tracks. Train belonging to the Louisville & Nashville R. R. seriously damaged when it struck the car. Possibly an act of retaliation for insults suffered by Charley Trout of VA while traveling on the train.

Additional Defendants: Charlie Madden, Tom R., and B. Brown.