Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry 1936 Abijah Greene v. State Hancock Assault with Intent to Kill

Abijah Greene shot Carson Burchet after Carson insulted the wife of Abijah

 East Range: 8 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1019 75 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Bill Giffin v. State Knox Liquor Violation

Final Decree, Procedendo and Notes only. Is linked with Frank Thomas v. State - Case is in same box - #98.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 98 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Bernard F. Hartman v. State Knox Other

Bernard F. Hartman was charged with a felony. The case stated that he "feloniously and willfully did verbally threaten to injure and damage the business and property of Henry E. Adams"

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 950 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Bill Dunn v. State Greene Liquor Violation East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 979 97 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Bernice Rickard& Arthur Moree v. State Jefferson Murder

Murder of Dave Newman.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 979 187 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Bill Rainwater v. State Washington Murder

Victim: Mrs. Roy Johns

 East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 927 198 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Bill Giffin, alias& Frank Thomas v. State Knox Liquor Violation

Griffin was convicted of possessing liquor and was fined $300 and sentenced to 90 days in the county workhouse. Thomas was charged with the same thing and fined $100 and sentenced to 30 days in the county workhouse.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 979 270 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Baxter Burnett v. State Cumberland Liquor, Sale of Illegal

The plaintiff is being accused of unlawful sale of intoxicants.

 East Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1251 48 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Carl Scates v. State Knox Other

"Taking a using an automobile without the owner's consent." Case incomplete; opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 5 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Clyde Sands v. State Knox Murder

Victim: John R. Harrison

 East Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 900 21 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Carmack Woods v. State Cocke Murder

Woods guilty of second degree murder of Tip [Tep?] Lovell. Testimony: Jim Crook Freshour, Creed Gregg, Beech Hicks, Walter Hayes, Eula Holt, M/M Joe Heritage, Mrs. Tep Lovell, Joe Shelton, Jalia Swatzel, Josephine Padgett, Jessie Lee Wood & Tom Wood. Prosecution was assisted by former Gov. Ben Hooper. Bulk of case could not be removed from binder.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 957 205 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Clayton Martin v. State Anderson Liquor Violation

Plaintiff charged with selling, transporting & possessing intoxicating liquors on 17 March 1935.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 970 42 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 David Cox v. State Bradley Manslaughter

David Cox, 16, originally indicted & tried for murder in the shooting death of Clifford Ewing on 1 April 1936. Defense argues that Ewing was shot accidentally as Cox & other young people played with a gun. Cox convicted of manslaughter. All parties involved in case appear to be African-American.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 970 29 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Earl French Alias & J. W. French Alias v. State Knox Unknown

Case file incomplete.

 East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 34 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 E. L. Jackson v. State Hamilton Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of

E.L. Jackson was charged with the felonious transportation of liquor…he was sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary.

 East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 942 14 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Earl French, alias& J.W. French, alias v. State Knox Liquor Violation

Earl and J.W. French were charged with unlawfully receiving and possessing certain intoxicating liquors. Search warrant included.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 977 64 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Frank Thomas v. State Knox Liquor Violation

Final Decree and Procedendo only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 98 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Frank Hixson v. State Hamilton Assault and Battery

Defendant's wife, Maude Hixson, claimed that Frank told her that he had come to kill her &that he beat her with a leather strap. Testimony: H. W. Schoolfield, Dora City, Ida Llewlyn, M/M Murrell Phipps, Mrs. Luther Hixson, Pearl Howell, Evelyn Lowe, James Hardin, Louise Crowe, Arthur Emerley, Fannie Hixson, Tom Powell & Mrs. Potts.

 East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 949 117 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Fred Brown& Clennis Brown v. State Cumberland Murder

Clennis held Robert Bean while Fred slashed Bean's throat on highway near Crossville. Testimony: Clara Yott, Fred Talley, Vernon Smith, Ora Lawson, Marie Baltimore, Dr. E. W. Mitchell, J. D. Laminack, T. M. Rector Jr., Clyde Parker, Charles D. Campbell, Emmet Dixon, William Barnwell, Lonnie Barnwell, Johnnie Rittenberger, Ralph Smith, Cordell Dixon, Horace Smith, Tilbert Lee, Ralph Adams, Ridley Wyatt, Elmer Whittaker, Mary W. Brown, S. J. Hamby, H. D. Shaver, Major Sherrill, D. M. Sutton, Roy Pass, etc.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 977 332 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Fred Young v. State Roane Murder

Murder of Jim Hamilton.

 East Range: 8 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 980 142 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Floyd Fox & Nellie Jinks v. State Knox Robbery

Both Floyd Fox and Nellie Jinks were convicted of robbery and sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary.

 East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 942 148 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Frank Wooten v. State Hamilton Possession

Cause of action: Possessing intoxicating liquor.

 East Range: 18 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1999 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Gus McCoig et al.v. State Union Murder

Additional Plaintiffs: Crawford P. Dean & Frank Hopson. Briefs & exhibits only. According to newspapers among the exhibits Dean, McCoig & George W. Moss were escaped convicts from the Tennessee Penitentiary. All 3 originally imprisoned on robbery charges. Moss recaptured. Dean & McCoig robbed a bank in New Tazewell, & shot & killed Sheriff L. B. Hutchinson. Dean 18, McCoig & Moss 22 & 23, respectively. 2 Folders.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 970 51 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 George Murray v. State Washington Murder

Murray shot and killed George Lawson on Sidney Street in Johnson City, Dec. 9, 1935.

 East Range: 8 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1017 242 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Herschel Carl Stone v. State Knox Kidnapping

Case incomplete; opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Hestle Rice v. State Unicoi Assault, Felonious

Victim: Ed McIntosh

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 956 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Harley Pack v. State Cocke Manslaughter

Victim: Swanney Sweeten.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 956 136 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Homer Daughtery v. State Hamilton Public Indecency

Convicted of public profanity & assault. Mrs. Daughtery demanded that Sheriff Ed Tate make Homer go home with her. He would not. Police then heard Homer swearing & damning the law. Deputies John Fryar & Ben Cain testified that Homer assaulted them, but witnesses differed. Homer said police struck him. Testimony: Mrs. Daughtery, Tince Doyle, Earl Crisp, Groomer Jett, John Clift, Frank Gibson, Louie Armour, Phil Lynch & Luke Mallory. After arrest, Homer cursed all the way from Soddy to Chattanooga.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 979 51 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Hubert Suffridge v. State Knox Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of

Hubert Suffridge is charged with personally transporting one gallon or more of intoxication liquors.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 968 92 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 H. F. Shoun v. State Greene Other

H. F. Shoun or Fillmore Shoun, an insurance salesman, tried & found guilty of violating the Drug Act. In January 1936 he stopped at the home of Woodrow Thompson and, noticing a wart on Thompson's nose, offered to remove it for him if Thompson would purchase a policy from him. Thompson agreed, but the ointment that Shoun gave him for the removal of the wart left a hole in his nose that would require plastic surgery to repair. Shoun fined $175.00. Appealed verdict.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 977 31 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Ike Mullins v. State Hawkins Larceny

Ike Mullins was charged with larceny and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 979 43 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 J. E. Bost alias v. State Knox Liquor Violation

Final Decree and Procedendo only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Jack Harrison v. State Hamilton Murder

Jack Harrison is charged with the murder of Earl Travis

 East Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 915 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 J. O. Edington v. State Sevier Assault, Felonious

Three cases decided against Edington for carrying a blackjack, carrying a pistol, and felonious assault upon F. L. Hicks, the prosecutor! Large number of witnesses giving testimony. Exhibits include wallpaper samples (Edington was a paper hanger) entered during W. A. Coughorn testimony, Hicks's arrest warrant for [Joseph Otis Edington], and wallpaper receipts. Testimony includes that of character witnesses for Edington. Indexed.

 East Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 916 465 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Jake Smith & Callie Tucker v. State Carter Keeping a Bawdy House

Charged with running a "house of ill fame" and w/illegal possession of intoxicating spirits. Revealing testimony by Pearle Adams, W. C. Berry, Eillis Carrier, Evans Collins, Dana Estep, R. S. Harris, Elsie Jobe, J. M. Moreland, D. E. Ritchie, Alex Treadway, Robert Bullock, W. M. Hamm, Mrs. P. Harrison, Robert Johnson, Belle Mays, G. W. Ryan, and George Hinkle. Judge told one married patron/witness that he didn't have to answer a question, and that "you won't be bothered unless your wife does."

 East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 924 129 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 John Jones v. State Hamblen Other

John Jones did "unlawfully feloniously and carnally know Onnie Jarnigan, a female,…she being then and there over the age of twelve and under the age of twenty one year, and a chaste female"

 East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 933 43 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 J. I. Huskey v. State Sevier Liquor, Sale of Illegal East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 956 80 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 J. F. Shultz et al.v. State Knox Liquor Violation

J.F. Shultz and Mat Lewis were jointly indicted on four different counts of liquor violations.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 958 323 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 J. F. Keegan v. State Washington Keeping a Bawdy House

J.F. Keegan was charged with "keeping a disorderly house by permitting various evil-minded, dissolute and reckless persons to assemble there for the purpose of drinking, fighting and breaches of the peace, and for the purpose of prostitution and lewdness"

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 968 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Jay Luttrell v. State Greene Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of

Willie Moore & W. M. Bowser arrested Luttrell for running a red light but without a search warrant. They suspected that Luttrell had whiskey in his auto, so he was tried on that charge. Witnesses: Bowser, Guy Mason, Willis Moore, W. K. Burkey, Herman Kiser & Fay Crum.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 979 106 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 J. R. Bennett v. State Washington Assault, Felonious

Victim: C. W. Ruff

 East Range: 8 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 982 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 J. S. Ashworth v. Knoxville News Sentinel & W. I. Wood Knox Libel

Ashworth accused paper of publishing a malicious article intended to "blacken his good name." He averred that the article concerning an alienation of affection suit was untrue. Carl F. Muzzey had filed the suit against Ashworth, claiming that Ashworth had an affair w/his wife, Grace E. Muzzey. Ashworth charged that W. I. Wood acted in concert w/the newspaper to destroy his standing & reputation in the town of Bristol, Va. Plaintiff had represented Grace in a Bristol divorce suit.

 East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 945 100 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 J.E. Bost, alias v. State Knox Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of

J.E. Bost was charged with "unlawfully receiving, possessing, and personally transporting intoxicating liquors.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 950 82 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 John Teague, Eula Boozer, Beatrice Teague, Jimmie Davidson, Myrtle Doyle & Thomas Lee Boozer v. State Hamilton Liquor Violation

Sheriff Frank J. Burns had a warrant to search home of "John Doe, alias" (John Teague) and found 354 pints of red whiskey, 43 half-pints of gin & 18 quarts of rum & wine. Testimony: Sheriff Burns, W. H. Wheeler, Ben Cain, W. L. Dodds, Curtis Mooney & John Teague. Teague was the only one of the original defendants to plead not guilty. File also includes County Criminal Court case of John Teague v. State. Search warrants included as evidence.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 957 102 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 John Tillison v. State Sullivan Breaking and Entering

Also charged with theft of goods from J. B. Booher's flour mill including blow torch, scales, truck canvas, socket wrenches & pliers. Witnesses: Booher, W. T. Arnold, Charles Bullock, Robert Keller, Radford Carter, Thurman Wright, G. W. Tillison & Willie Hutton.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 979 25 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Junior Scott v. State Hamilton Liquor Violation East Range: 8 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 980 19 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Lonnie Presnell v. State Marion Assault and Battery

Victim: Ben Rollins. Bullet included as Exhibit

 East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 922 64 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Lee Rogers v. State Cumberland Carrying an Illegal Weapon East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 955 77 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Luther Ray v. State Jefferson Larceny

Ray, a 42-year-old negro, had never been in any trouble and had been employed by prosecutor Horace Fielden some years before. Fielden owned the general country store that was broken into. The intruder fired 3 shots at Fielden, who returned fire. Intruder fled in an automobile. About $75 worth of goods was taken. Sheriff Frank Quarles took Ray's finger prints & gave them to Ben Davis, a "correspondence school detective." Testimony: Luther, Ruth, Ruby & Anna Lee Ray; John Callaway.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 967 102 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 L. J. Chamberlain v. State Knox Manslaughter

Victim: Lloyd Guinn

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 2 Order A Copy

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