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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| 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 | 1879 | Enoch B. Buchanan v. Louisville, Nashville,& Great Southern Railroad Company | Williamson | Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 47 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1858 | James A. Cope v. Elijah Garrett & Valentine Sublett | Overton | Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock |
Trespass on the case. The Plaintiff charges that the Defendants took, killed and converted his property - a steer. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 273 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1892 | Joseph Fawbush, et al. v. State | Hawkins | Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock |
Additional defendants: W. D. Kenney, Joseph Owens, Baldwin Cox, and John Mitchell. Victim, M. C. Brown. |
East | Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1740 | 23 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1891 | J. A. Johnson v. The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Carroll | Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock | West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 329 | 56 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1871 | Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. H. G. Norton | Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock |
Opinion only. |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 12 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Louisville & Nashville & Georgia Southern Railroad Company v. Robert Gillespie | Shelby | Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock |
Damage for train killing a mule. Brief only. |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 5 | 0 | 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 | 1943 | Mrs. L. A. Cray v. W. H. Evitt | Rhea | Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock |
Damages thereof. |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 177 | 50 | 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 | 1875 | Thomas Batte v. Nashville& Decatur Railroad Company& Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Giles | Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock | Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 75 | 0 | Order A Copy |