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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1849 | Gammon & Vanel v. James H. Jones; Michael Clem v. James H. Jones; Elizabeth Johnson, Excr v. James H. Jones | Johnson | Injunction |
Assault with attempt to commit murder in the first degree. Victim: William H. Crouch. This case is a continuation from the original and an injunction due to the defendant failing to appear in court. It was later discovered he had left the state, stating he was on a business trip. Suing to obtain their equity rights on the defendant's home and property. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1168 | 68 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | John Chilcutt & John Pickens v. George W. Reed & John Reed | Bradley | Trespass |
Plaintiffs are acting commissioners of the school lands and common school funds. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1102 | 32 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | John F. Huddleston v. Allen Hurst | Grainger | Trespass with Force of Arms |
The defendant allegedly forcefully entered the property of the plaintiff by destroying a fence on the plaintiff's land to cut a line of trees. sued for damages of $25. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1172 | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Adam Darrow | Dickson | Larceny |
Case related to State v. John Mitchell, as Darrow was placed in Mitchell's recognizance. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. William Ford | Davidson | Robbery | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Hugh Francis, admr. | Franklin | Tax Violation | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Joseph B. Neville | Stewart | Other |
Cause of Action: Murder of Slave named Maria |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Allen Williams | Smith | Larceny | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Johnathan Eatherly | Montgomery | Other |
Cause of Action: Betting on election |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Isaac D. Pennington | Lawrence | Other |
Cause of Action: Receiving Illegal Toll. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Abraham Montague | Wayne | Other |
Petition for Supersedeas Demurrer |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. William Bradley, et al. | Lawrence | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Other defendants: Richard Bradley; Beasly Bradley; Mack Bradley; James Bradley; Thomas Adkins. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Hugh Montgomery, et al. | Jackson | Petitions for Relief |
Other defendants: Noah Abner; John Lee; Mark Harper. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. John Oagle | Williamson | Homicide | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Richard William Bradly, et al. | Lawrence | Other |
Additional defendants: Beasley Bradly, Mack Bradly, James Bradly, and Thurman Adkins Cause of action is unlawful assembly with force and arms |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 382 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. James Amos | Coffee | Larceny | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 382 | 22 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. George W. Davis | Robertson | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
George Davis is administrator for Jesse Davis, late clerk of the circuit court for Robertson County. Case is oversize. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 382 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. William G. Carlisle | Davidson | Theft |
Cause of action: theft with force and arms |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 382 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Allen McDonald | Campbell | Assault with Intent to Kill |
McDonald indicted for assaulting Reuben Snoddy(?) [Smiddy?] with a stone with intent to kill on 30 June 1849. Witnesses: Reuben Snoddy, Sr.; Joseph Byrd. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1100 | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Robert Mitchell | Grainger | Other |
Case is in extremely poor condition & falling apart. All documents are in pieces & very fragile. Folder only contains first 4 pages of docket & several receipts for witnesses. Only about 1/3 of each of the first 4 pages remaining. Date on what remains of case document is illegible, but receipts are dated 1849. Cause of action is listed as "mayhem." On 12/2/14 - 2-page certiorari added. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1143 | 21 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Anthony Davis | Hamilton | Murder |
Wm Anderson passed by graveyard 1/4 mile from Chattanooga when he heard noise & found dead body of James Allison. Davis & Allison were both from Pittsburg, PA (where Davis had wife & children) & the 2 men roomed together in TN at Robinson house. Jury found Davis not guilty of 1st degree murder but guilty of 2nd degree murder, & sentenced to 15 yrs. Others mentioned: Sweat, old man Taylor. Also mentioned: Dugger's Grocery. Davis asked SC for new trial based on exclusion of material witness. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1167 | 32 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Henderson Bowling | Roane | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Bowling was accused of assaulting John Enox with a club w/intent to kill hiim. Jury found Bowling not guilty of assault w/intent to kill, but guilty of assault & battery, but court arrested the judgment & discharged Bowling because the indictment was not for simple assault & battery & jury didn't convict Bowling on charge that WAS in the indictment. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1142 | 7 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Jefferson Cash | Coffee | Theft |
Crime of stealing slaves. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. J. F.& W. F. Scott | Fentress | Nuisance |
Nuisance as overseer of a road in damage to the citizens of the state. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. James Hamilton | Montgomery | Larceny | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Evan D. Frogge & R. Richardson, et al | Fentress | Other |
Additional defendants: Sampson Evans, William Richardson, Thomas Riley, William C. Davidson, Thomas Beaty, and James Beeson. Cause for securities as sheriff in the amount of $20.79. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 14 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Dana Brown | Montgomery | Assault and Battery | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. J. G. Homberger | Montgomery | Gambling | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. William Williams, et al. | Overton | Larceny |
Additional defendants: James Staggs, Lewis Johnson, and Elijah Williams. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Thomas J. Wynne | Montgomery | Murder | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 50 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. William Holly | Davidson | Murder |
Holly, a "free boy of color," killed Jack Burnett, "a free man of color," by throwing a rock & striking Burnett in the head. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 38 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Frederick Wyatt | Smith | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. James Burrow | Bedford | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 36 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. James Peak, et al. | Overton | Adultery, Open and Notorious |
Other defendants: Susanah Greenwood. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 18 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Walter Bethel | Davidson | Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock |
Killed a horse belonging to Joseph Watson worth $150 |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Charles Anderson | Jackson | Obstructing a Public Road/Road/Right of Way | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 382 | 8 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Richard Sharp Jr. | Franklin | Gambling | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 382 | 8 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Henry Sims | Davidson | Theft | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 382 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. James M. Cannon | DeKalb | Illegitimate Child/Bastardy | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 382 | 11 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. John W. Martin | Bradley | Keeping a Bawdy House |
J. Winslow Martin arrested for keeping a "disorderly house" where he permitted patrons to "be and remain drinking,tippling, cursing, singing, hollering [sic] fiddling, dancing and otherwise misbehaving themselves," and generally being a public nuisance at the expense of others. Hiram Pendergrass was also charged. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1101 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Sterling Chavis | Campbell | Failure to Pay |
Chavis pleaded guilty of a charge and was fined $10 but was unable to pay taking the insolvent debtors oath. Having spent 10 days in jail was released. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1123 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Claiborne Philips | Anderson | Malicious Destruction/ Mischief |
Also spelled "Clabourn". |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1170 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Philip Wilson | Roane | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Wilson charged with wearing a concealed weapon (a Bowie knife) under his clothes. Jury found him guilty, but judgment arrested for some fault in the indictment record & State appealed to Supreme Court. When warrant issued to apprehend Wilson & bring him before Supreme Court, he could not be found & Sheriff reported he was then (Sep 1851) confined in Meigs County jail for house burning. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1142 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Elijah Lovett | Campbell | Other |
Lovett indicted for committing "an affray" by fighting in a public place with Garland Earles, who was both the prosecutor & a witness in the case. The indictment was quashed, and the State appealed that ruling to the SC. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1142 | 6 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. John Winslow Martin | Bradley | Liquor Violation |
Martin charged with unlawfully retailing spirituous liquor on Sunday by selling whiskey to Berry Brown & others. After jury found him guilty, Martin asked judge to arrest the judgment, arguing indictment did not accuse him of selling liquor on certain day. Judge agreed & arrested the judgment, & Attorney General appealed that ruling to the Supreme Court. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1142 | 13 | Order A Copy |