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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 | 1912 | Blanch Bogle by next friend G. H. Bogle v. J. S. Leach | Carroll | Violation of Age of Consent |
Victim is the plaintiff. Case involves carnal knowledge of a minor. The accused is a 56-year-old mail carrier, justice of the peace, and Sunday school superintendent with children and grandchildren. Documents are in 2 folders. Exhibit 5, a large 1908 wall calendar located in Oversize Box 2. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 908 | 576 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Erwin Sellers v. State | Carroll | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 357 | 30 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1870 | John Ligon v. State | Carroll | Larceny |
Ligon was accused of disturbing the peace after being caught riding around Carroll County with 4 or 5 others, dressed in white sheets, white rags on their heads, and faces painted black. This group harassed citizens; stealing weapons, breaking and entering, and other crimes. Ligon and the unnamed others were convicted of larceny. Ligon's appeal is included. |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 25 | 74 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | State v. John A. Johnson& S. W. Johnson et al | Carroll | Murder |
Additional Defendants: James A. Johnson, and J. E. Steel Victim: Jude Owen |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 234 | 202 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | State v. William A. Britt, et al. | Carroll | Fraud |
Britt was the tax collector for Carroll county. He failed to pay the govt. the full amount he was supposed to. A large portion of the money he collected was kept for himself. |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 19 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | State v. Duncan | Carroll | Murder |
Additional parties: Ed Smith. See additional part of case in WT 77. |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 40 | 108 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | State v. George Prosser, et al. | Carroll | Robbery |
Additional defendants: Robert Gilbert, Bud Farris & James Fletcher. Defendants charged with robbing J. R. Dixon on 13 May 1876. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 102 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. Edmond Dickson | Carroll | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 125 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. Henry Vawter & Eli Algee | Carroll | Larceny |
Sheriff J. B. Arnold was charged with contempt of court for failing to bring in defendant Vawter, who was in jail in Gibson county on a charge of arson. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 137 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | State v. Henry Bell | Carroll | Breaking and Entering |
Defendant is noted as "colored". Defendant was charged with breaking into a store owned by C.T. Allen. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 165 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | State v. Martha A. Smith | Carroll | Libel |
The defendant was accused of slandering Mary Philips, a teacher. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. G. T. Johnson | Carroll | Other |
Cause of Action: Malicious Shooting. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | State v. Charles Green | Carroll | Larceny | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 4 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1933 | State v. Mary Anderson | Carroll | Aiding and Abetting |
Anderson was accused of unlawfully and feloniously harboring, concealing, and aiding Elmer Gates, after Gates stol $350 in cigarettes from the Lovelace-Farmer Co. Inc. warehouse. Anderson was charged as as accessory after the fact. Found bound with Trenton Textile Mills, Inc. v. T. J. White, Jr. (WT2130). |
West | Range: 77 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 2129 | 182 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. Charley Phillips | Carroll | Murder |
Phillips is charged with attacking Frank Prince with a knife and killing him.- |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 265 | 68 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. David McMackins | Carroll | Assault |
McMackins accused of stabbing with intent to kill. Witness testimony included. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 291 | 66 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | State v. William Widdis | Carroll | Murder | West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 | 224 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1890 | State v. James Looney | Carroll | Murder | West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 334 | 115 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1887 | State v. Davy French | Carroll | Other |
Cause of Action: Knocked down a sign on a public road. |
West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 399 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | State v. Harve Richardson | Carroll | Assault with Intent to Kill | West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 403 | 65 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1889 | State v. Hillary Jones | Carroll | Theft |
Defendant was accused of stealing a pig from June Gilbert. |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 432 | 37 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | State v. James Looney | Carroll | Murder |
Victim: Will Cannon |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 552 | 232 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | State v. Tot Morphis | Carroll | Assault |
Victim: Willey Bryant |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 665 | 54 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. Bob King & M. L. "Dude" Chambers | Carroll | Murder |
According to witness testimony, Bob King fired the shots that killed Jim Allen. The defendants are tried separately. Many pages are 50% or more illegible because of large areas of mold. Exhibits include two hand drawn maps of murder scene. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 716 | 164 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. Pig Baucum | Carroll | Tippling | West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 740 | 28 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1900 | State v. Tom McCracken | Carroll | Murder |
Defendant indicted for 1st degree murder in the death of Edward Dunn on 6 Feb. 1899. Found guilty of 2nd degree murder & sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 823 | 102 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | State v. Lon Adams | Carroll | Robbery |
Lon Adams is charged with robbery. He is said to have robbed a boy named Clarence Walker by putting him in fear and taking one silver coin from him which was valued at twenty four cents. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 869 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | State v. J. S. Ramsey | Carroll | Other |
Charged with practicing medicine w/o a license. No victims are named. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 916 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | State v. Archie Oglesby | Carroll | Murder |
Oglesby was charged with second degree murder in the death of his first cousin Albert Tharpe, on 30 Jan. 1906. Defendant, victim & witnesses all African American school children: Oglesby 13, Tharpe, 11. Witnesses: Isola Smith & Beatris Tharpe, both 9 Dersie Sneed, 12 & others. Fight began when Oglesby insulted Tharpe's sister; Ogleby struck Tharpe with a stick. Defendant argued that he acted in self defense as Tharpe also had a stick & was about to strike him. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 939 | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | State v. Audie Cleaver | Carroll | Other |
Cause of Action: Throwing a piece of wood, rock or stone and other things at a railway engine with intent to injure. |
West | Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 966 | 39 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1914 | State v. Jim Bogle | Carroll | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape | West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1106 | 59 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1908 | State v. Sam Woods | Carroll | Murder |
Victim: Ernest Ellis |
West | Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1161 | 83 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | State v. Charlie Reynolds | Carroll | Murder |
Reynolds was accused of killing Eddie D. James in the first degree. James and Reynolds had been bickering throughout the morning of the shooting. After some simple assault on both parties, Reynolds and James both ended up with shotguns, and James was shot and killed. |
West | Range: 76 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 2208 | 148 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | State v. Bud Sellers | Carroll | Liquor Violation |
Cause of action: Selling liquor without a license. |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1235 | 68 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | State v. W. O. Taylor | Carroll | Larceny, Petit |
The defendant, along with Alvin Ray, stole a horse bridle and rope hitch belonging to T.J. Compton. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1259 | 70 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1913 | State v. Jesse Moseley | Carroll | Murder |
The victim's name was Robert Hurt. The defendant's last name is sometimes spelled "Mosely." |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1303 | 94 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | State v. Erve Buckhannon | Carroll | Liquor Violation |
The defendant sold liquor within four miles of a Tennessee school. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1303 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1913 | State v. Arthur Roper | Carroll | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The victim's name in this case was Ollie Hardwell. File consists of only a memo to the state of the facts. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1303 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1913 | State v. Arthur Roper | Carroll | Assault and Battery |
Assault of Ollie Bardwell. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1327 | 77 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1866 | State v. James Barker | Carroll | Larceny |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1337 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1866 | State v. Aaron Shephard | Carroll | Larceny |
Judgment only. Case is incomplete. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1353 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1914 | State v. Donnie Tubbs & Bill Chandler | Carroll | Murder |
Murder of Elbert Parish. J. A. Darnal testified that Elbert Parish was shot at his house and that Donnie Tubbs said that he shot him. Darnal stated that he was on his front porch when Parish was shot and did not actually see the murder. |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1406 | 351 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | State v. T. Foster | Carroll | Murder |
There was an argument at a picnic in McLemoresville. Juel Bell was "afflicted on his right side." He had his hand in his pocket, around a closed knife. T. Foster shot Bell in the back and killed him. The dispute is self-defense, def. state Bell had knife The Memorandum for the State states that the witnesses for the victim were impartial, while Bunk Foster is not reliable. Bunk Foster was acquitted, T. Foster was convicted. Addt'l def.: Bunk Foster. Victim's name is Juel Bell also listed as Jewell Bell. |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1457 | 73 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1918 | State v. Lennard Hurt (col.) | Carroll | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
The defendant was accused of assaulting Bertha Miller with intent to rape. According to Bertha Miller, she and her sister Edna miller awoke to find the defendant sitting on the bed they shared. When they yelled, the defendant ran. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1509 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1918 | State v. Harrison Kizer | Carroll | Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of | West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1509 | 32 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1917 | State v. Hezekiah Parker | Carroll | Other |
The defendant was indicted in June, 1917 in the circuit court of Carroll County for unlawfully, wilfully and maliciously deserting and abandoning his wife Odus Parker. He left her without any support and abandonned her without cause or excuse on her part. |
West | Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1533 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Ben Fogg& Elihu Grizzard | Carroll | Robbery |
2 folders. Fogg and Grizzard were indicted "for the offense of robbery from the person, the indictment charging that they, together with one McMillin Douglas, who was not apprehended or tried, unlawfully and forcibly took the sum of $60 from the person of T. W. Williams, the date of the offense being June, 1919." |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1653 | 292 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Albert Allen | Carroll | Forgery |
Costello Ridley was also charged in the case. Albert Allen is listed as "colored." Allen was charged with aiding Ridley in forgery with the intent to defraud G. M. McGrady. Allen is also accused of helping Ridley forge and pass a bad check. |
West | Range: 78 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1691 | 52 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | State v. Bud Greer (col.) alias W. E. Greer (col.) | Carroll | Murder |
Charged with first degree murder for shooting to death Israel Browning in July 1921. He was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter and pardoned by Gov. Alfred Taylor on Jan. 13, 1923 before the case was appealed. Exhibit includes a Pardon for Bud Greer signed by Gov. Taylor. Pardon states that he is a "man of exceptionally good character, industrious and well thought of." Transcript not included. Only includes Supreme Court briefs, no original case file. |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1713 | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1927 | State v. Illa Vinson | Carroll | Liquor Violation |
Vinson was charged (along with Nick Giles, Barney Fry, Johnie Fry, Tom Carter, Jack Duncan, Robert Aldridge, and Estis Williams) with unlawful possession of a still "and other apparatus used and intended to be used in the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor." |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1936 | 42 | Order A Copy |