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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 | 1859 | A. J. Hillard v. State | DeKalb | Other |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he induced "a white female girl to leave her father for the purpose of prostitution and concubine." |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 289 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | A. B. Hathaway & Richard Hathaway v. State | DeKalb | Larceny |
Plaintiffs are appealing the charge that they stole a mule. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 328 | 70 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | Elijah Hopper v. David Fisher | DeKalb | Breaking and Entering |
Case also involves a charge of wrongful ejectment. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 265 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | E. R. Frazier v. State | DeKalb | Liquor Violation | Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 425 | 41 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1850 | Isaac Adcock v. State | DeKalb | Property Damage | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 231 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1858 | Joseph Blackburn v. State | DeKalb | Gambling |
Plaintiff is appealing his conviction on the grounds that the judge was incompetent. Technically, Blackburn is charged with gaming with "force and arms." |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 283 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | James R. Jones v. State | DeKalb | Rape |
Assault with intent to commit rape upon Roxzana Bailiff |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 320A | 142 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | Joe Jones v. State | DeKalb | Larceny |
Cause of Action also includes False Pretense. The plaintiff in error Joe Jones, alias Joe Johnson, is accused of misrepresenting a horse owned by D.C. Taylor as his own and then trading it for a mare and $10. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 777 | 27 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1850 | James Wills v. State | DeKalb | Motion for Appeal | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 230 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1878 | Levi Edge v. State | DeKalb | Assault and Battery |
T. C. Maddox was assaulted |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Madison Poss v. State | DeKalb | Incest |
The plaintiff in error is accused of carrying on an incestuous relationship with his stepdaughter Sarah Paris, the daughter of his wife, Elizabeth Poss. Paris is also spelled Parish. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 777 | 153 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Robert Granstaff v. State | DeKalb | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Opinion only. DeKalb County case found in East TN boxes. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 83 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | State v. Terry Williams | DeKalb | Perjury | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 262 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1860 | State v. George W. Puckett | DeKalb | Lewd Behavior | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 264 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1867 | State v. David Brock | DeKalb | Fraud |
Cause of action listed as 'False Pretense' in court documents. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 172 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1868 | State v. George Britton | DeKalb | Theft | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 274 | 30 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1875 | State v. Hi Curtis | DeKalb | Other |
Defendant attempted to rescue Isaac Cantrell from a Dekalb County constable. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 19 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | State v. W. B. alias Dol (or Doll) Bates | DeKalb | Murder |
Other defendants: Joseph Braswell alias Joe Braswell, George A. Braswell alias Teak Braswell. Murder victim: Russel Allison. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 56 | 145 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | State v. John Jones | DeKalb | Assault and Battery |
Defendant was accused of striking Jefferson Pack with a stick. Additional parties: Dock Jones. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 67 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | State v. Wade Adcock | DeKalb | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 70 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1916 | State v. W. H. Bond | DeKalb | Breaking and Entering | Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1916 | State v. John Moss | DeKalb | Defiling a Minor |
Charge: Violating the age of consent -- that Moss did unlawfully and feloniously, carnally know and abuse Kate Maggart, a female, then being over the age of Twelve years, and under the age of Twenty One Years, to the evil example of all others in like case offending, contrary to the statue in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 85 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1918 | Sam Harris v. State | DeKalb | Liquor Violation |
Sam Harris was an African-American. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 105 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1920 | State v. Robert Brazil | DeKalb | Liquor Violation | Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 147 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1920 | State v. Herman Womack | DeKalb | Liquor Violation | Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 147 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Horace Cantrell | DeKalb | Liquor Violation | Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 151 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1920 | State v. Bob Banks, Tom Petty,& Howard Culwell | DeKalb | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 161 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1880 | State v. John K. Rigsby | DeKalb | Larceny, Grand |
Victim: John F. Mason. Witnesses: John F. Mason, Henry Hirsch, Cleance(?) Wilkinson, and Fannie Barrett. Additional testimony: Frank Boyd, W. B. Corley, James Rigsby, J. W. Keel, and Garrison (only name used) |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 158 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1868 | State v. O.D. Williams | DeKalb | Other |
Case revolves around whether the Defendant is required by law to maintain the road he lives on. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 277 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | State v. Joseph Clark, et al. | DeKalb | Other |
Bond violation. Unsure why this is being judged in a criminal court. Additional Defendants: William Bone Lewis Pundleton, and J.S. Reece. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 265 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | State v. John Preswood | DeKalb | Murder |
Defendant is accused of the murder of Rachel H. Billings. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 328 | 75 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. William Young | DeKalb | Larceny | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 367 | 5 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1924 | State v. H. A. Potter | DeKalb | Embezzlement | Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 478 | 86 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1896 | State v. Lon Foutch | DeKalb | Murder, 2nd degree |
The State charged Alonzo (Lon) Foutch with shooting death of Stanton Malone. Malone's father testified that his son told him, after he was shot that Foutch shot him for an interaction/words he had with Foutch's sister. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1097 | 169 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | State v. Ambrose Fouch | DeKalb | Murder, 2nd degree |
The State charged the defendant with the shooting death of Wilson Gregson during a party that the defendant threw at his house. Fouch claimed that Gregson, who was not invited, was drunk and disorderly and that Fouch was defending himself. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1097 | 110 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | State v. H. Johnson, Carrol Johnson, James Parsley | DeKalb | Larceny |
The State charged the defendants with robbing the smokehouse of H. G. Givens on the night of a local picnic. An accomplice, Harve Robinson testified that they stole bacon from the smokehouse. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1093 | 74 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | State v. J. S. Dunlop and John Windham | DeKalb | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Defendants were charged with selling liquor within four miles on an institution of learning. Windham was accused of using a false prescription for brandy to get liquor from Dunlop’s pharmacy which is within one half mile of Pure Fountain College. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1122 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1868 | State v. Frederick Mibbs | DeKalb | Garnishment |
Mibbs was a tax collector, accused of withholding taxes illegally, and had wages garnished. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 485 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | State v. Albert McClellan | DeKalb | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
The case includes four charges against McClellan for selling liquor to J. W. Campbell without a license. The four charges are divided into four separate cases but there is only one docket number and each charge occurred on the same date. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1122 | 45 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | State v. J. S. Dunlap and F. B. Terry | DeKalb | Liquor Violation |
The State charged Dunlap and Terry with selling whiskey within 4 miles of a school in violation of liquor laws. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1145 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. Campbell Smith, et al. | DeKalb | Assault and Battery |
Additional defendant: George Smith. Victim: L. R. Lucas. Transcript and Bill of Cost housed in MT Box 690 |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 521 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. James B. Harrison | DeKalb | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 564 | 27 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | State v. James R. Fuson | DeKalb | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The file is not a transcript of the case but, rather, an explanation of court costs. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 671 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | State v. Elijah L. Scott | DeKalb | Other |
Cause of action: Public drunkenness. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 682 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | State v. Bud Adcock | DeKalb | Liquor Violation |
The defendant was accused of selling liquor without oath and bond. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 695 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | State v. J. R. Grone | DeKalb | Liquor Violation |
The defendant was accused of selling liquor without a license. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 695 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1882 | State v. Milton Hughes | DeKalb | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 695 | 30 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1887 | State v. W. C. Dyer | DeKalb | Assault |
"W. C. Dyer and France Herron, alias Francis Herron, did unlawfully assault and beat one Robert Nelson." |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 739 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | State v. William Pinegar & E. N. Haney | DeKalb | Lewd Behavior |
Pinegar and Haney are accused of lewd behavior for cohabitation when they are not married. "Since the 1st day of April 1888…in the presence and view of divers good citizens and in the face of the county unlawfully, willfully, wickedly and scandalously did then and there live cohabit and use together as man and wife in Lewd acts of fornication and adultery, openly notoriously and publicly they not being married to the great scandal and common misance of all good and worthy citizens of the state." |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 745 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | State v. James Martin | DeKalb | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Charged with carrying a pistol. James said his mother, E.L. Martin, was sick at the time &, before he left to search for his dad's cow, asked him "to take his dog and pistol, and kill her a squirrel." James said it was his habit to hunt with the pistol. Issue was intent, as it's only a crime if def. had intent to go armed. James obtained a new trial because Circuit judge improperly charged jury that "it is no excuse if a pistol is carried solely for squirrel hunting." |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 742 | 28 | Order A Copy |