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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1904 | Arthur Bell v. State | Shelby | Insurance Claims and Policies | West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 882 | 97 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1904 | Ed Gardner v. State | Shelby | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Ed Gardner was arrested in Memphis for unlawfully carrying a pistol. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 884 | 33 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | Henry Steele v. State | Shelby | Other |
Cause of Action: Vagrancy Incomplete case. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 706 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | Henry Frey v. State | Shelby | Larceny |
Stolen bicycle, $25.00. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 892 | 26 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | L. Faccaro v. State | Shelby | Gambling | West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 892 | 20 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1904 | Maggie Allen v. State | Shelby | Larceny |
Cause of action: larceny for $27.85. Victim: T. O. Sines. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 718 | 51 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. C. H. Abernathy | Shelby | Fraud |
Check fraud or check kiting. Passed a bad or forged check in the amount of $27.50. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 684 | 32 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. George Herbert | Shelby | Murder |
Herbert shot Sam Wolf to death. Witnesses included Carrie Wolf, Sid Friedman, Ike Wolf, B. G. Henning, George Digg, John Levy, George T. O' Haver, J. O. Sims, Smith Keen, F. S. Raymond, Albert Quinn, Robert E. Moran, M. M. Weatherly, Alice Chandler, Narcissa Brown, C. A. Sedinger, Henry Borsje & George B. Peters. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 698 | 224 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Walter Claiborne | Shelby | Burglary |
Defendant alias: Red Eye. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 684 | 53 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Tom Martin | Shelby | Gambling |
Cause of action: Exhibiting slot machine to promote and encourage gaming. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 690 | 11 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. John Vance (alias) | Shelby | Theft |
Stole three pieces of meat valued at $3 each for a total value of $9. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 690 | 16 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Rosa Williams | Shelby | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 690 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Will Coburn | Shelby | Other |
Cause of action: beating board bill Will Coburn is accused of unlawfully and fraudulently obtaining board and accommodations from John Rigby, of the amount and value of $223. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 718 | 135 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Frank Slaughter | Shelby | Assault |
Assaulted J. A. Nunnly with a knife |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 718 | 32 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Trice Chandler | Shelby | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 718 | 15 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Albert Davis | Shelby | Assault with Force and Arms |
Assaulted Fred Jackson with a loaded pistol. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 718 | 36 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Oscar Watson | Shelby | Larceny |
Victim: Ed Walker. |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 740 | 70 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Louis Barnwell | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Victim: C. H. Rayborne |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 878 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. John Denver | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Victim: Eliza Goodwin |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 880 | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. John Perryman | Shelby | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Carrying a pocket pistol illegally. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 887 | 29 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. H. S. Keitel | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: William Pritchard Alternate defendant name: S. H. Keitel |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 882 | 235 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Gus Wolf | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Additional defendant: Mrs. C. R. Wolf Victim: S. R. Baxter No Docket Number |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 884 | 110 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. G. W. Lavender | Shelby | Keeping a Bawdy House |
Defendant, George W. Lavender, found guilty of operating a house of prostitution at No. 160 Front Street. Defendant rented property in April 1903; appealing his $50 fine. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 886 | 97 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Dave Taylor | Shelby | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Defendant found guilty of unlawfully carrying a loaded pistol on 2 March 1904; appealing $50 fine & sentence to county work house. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 886 | 41 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. William Thorpe(?) | Shelby | Liquor Violation |
Defendant was found guilty of having sold "intoxicating liquor" within four miles of a school house on 7 March 1903. Appealing sentence. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 886 | 14 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Sam Coaker | Shelby | Murder |
The defendant, who went buy the alias of Sam Cox, was accused of stabbing and killing John Hill. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 894 | 72 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Arthur Slinger | Shelby | Burglary |
Burglary of the home of Jesse Jackson. Slinger, 16, claims he entered the house by mistake looking for his uncle and that he was beaten at the police station in an attempt to obtain a confession. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 897 | 40 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. John Graham | Shelby | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Illegally carrying a pistol. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 899 | 22 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. A. M. Miles | Shelby | Murder |
A.M. Miles is accused of the first degree murder of his wife Mattie Miles. He was sentenced to death by hanging. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1008 | 135 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. W. F. Pray | Shelby | Trespass |
Victim: F. W. Truss. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1003 | 9 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State V. F. W. Yarbrough | Shelby | Liquor Violation | West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1007 | 10 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Callie Howard& Adaline Mitchell | Shelby | Keeping a Bawdy House | West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1108 | 13 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. J. O. Hoyle | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Victim was Mable Reese, noted as being under the age of 10. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1113 | 43 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Will Williams | Shelby | Attempted Murder |
Attempted to shoot and kill Henry Johnson. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 684 | 14 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. John Hall | Shelby | Robbery |
Armed robbery committed against H. Hibbler. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 684 | 51 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Tom Epps | Shelby | Burglary and Larceny |
Epps is accused of "burglarious" entering the house of John Harris and stealing $59.00. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 688 | 34 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Sun Ross | Shelby | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 690 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Harry Liggon | Shelby | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 706 | 30 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Sam Rogers | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Selling liquor to a Minor, Lee Miller. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 19 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Jim Norman | Shelby | Attempted Murder |
The victim's name was Sandy Good. The defendant accosted him with a piece of iron. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 713 | 81 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Ida Wallace | Shelby | Unknown |
Case consists of case cover only. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 714 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Harry Smith | Shelby | Liquor Violation |
Cause of action: Violation of the Sunday laws of Tennessee or keeping his saloon open on Sunday (Shannon's Code 6784). Plaintiff was the owner and proprietor of the Blue Gem Saloon at the corner of Beale and Main Streets in Memphis, Tennessee. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 718 | 42 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State ex. Rel. Mike Haggerty v. F. L. Monteverde | Shelby | Petitions for Certiorari |
Monteverde is Sheriff of Shelby County. Murder charges are pending against Haggerty for killing two sheriff's deputies, Thomas J. McDermott and Houston Mitchell. This case involves petitions for certiorari and Supersedeas as well as Habeas Corpus. Petition for Habeas Corpus. Others involved in the murders include George Honan, Harry Keene/King; Harry Hartley, and George Degg. The third digit of the docket number is illegible. It might be zero, 4 or 6. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 875 | 53 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Will Smith | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Defendant originally found guilty of beating Salina Harris with his fists on 30 Dec. 1903. Appealing sentence. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 874 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Grant Wilcox | Shelby | Disturbance of Public Worship |
Wilcox "did unlawfully, willfully, disturb and disquiet an assemblage of persons met for religious worship at a church called Birdett Chapell [sic] by noise, profane discourse, rude and indecent behavior…" |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 882 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Bettina Smith | Shelby | Public Nuisance |
Alternate defendant name: Betty Smith Cause of action: "Indictment for profane cursing and swearing" |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 882 | 50 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Walter Roach | Shelby | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Defendant appealing sentence; was found guilty of unlawfully carrying a "pocket pistol" on 15 Oct. 1903. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 886 | 25 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. James Rogers | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Plaintiff had been charged with assaulting Vera Compton, a girl about 11 years old, with the intention to commit rape on 18 May 1903. Attack took place in butcher shop where defendant worked. Defendant found guilty with "mitigating circumstances". |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 886 | 53 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Robert Thomas | Shelby | Gambling |
Cause of action: Gambling/selling pools on races (horse) not seen in the State of Tennessee. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 901 | 119 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. William Tait | Shelby | Liquor Violation |
Cause of action: Liquor violation for retailing liquor within four miles of a school. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 901 | 37 | Order A Copy |