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View Entry | Alex Culpepper v. Grady Head | Hamilton | Habeas Corpus | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | A. N. Lovelace v. C. A. Warters and wife M. J. Warters | Knox | Habeas Corpus |
The petitioner claimed that the defendants wrongfully detained from Lovelace his minor child. The petitioner asked the court to grant writ of habeas corpus that the said child may be released from the custody of said Warters. |
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View Entry | Abe McClellan, Asst. Warden v. E. H. Johnson | Hamilton | Habeas Corpus |
Incomplete file; only McClellan's brief to Supreme Court. 1875: Johnson convicted of robbery in Shelby County; sentenced to 21 yrs, 5 yrs of which Gov. Alvin Hawkins commuted in 1883. Also in 1883, TN passed law allowing time off sentence for "good time". Also passed law to allow leasing out of prisoner labor (1st work release program in country). This case involves Johnson's 2nd attempt to use the "good time" law to get out of prison, despite 2 escapes & 1 attempted escape. |
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View Entry | B. R. G. Warner v. State | Shelby | Petition for Habeas Corpus | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Charity Owens, free woman of color v. John Sharp, William Owsley & Isaac Pike | Union | Habeas Corpus |
Incomplete case file. Bill of Exceptions only. Plaintiff's is sued the defendants to get her children back. Her sons James Allen, age 15 is bound to William Owsley, William Aluis, age 11 is bound to Isaac Pike, and George Washington, age 13 is bound to John Sharp. |
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View Entry | Charles Fitzsimmons v. State | Shelby | Habeas Corpus |
Fitzsimmons is complaining of being held illegally in the county jail. |
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View Entry | Charles Cassotti v. J. E. Thomas | Shelby | Habeas Corpus |
Ex: case selections from The Southeastern Reporter; Charles Cassotti being illegally restrained of his liberty by defendant; committed to workhouse for 30 days |
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View Entry | City of Chattanooga & Ray Bryan Chief of Police v. State Ex rel John Henry Jones | Hamilton | Habeas Corpus |
Defendant claims he is being held without cause due to a governor’s warrant issued in Georgia for the charge of burglary. Defendant denies the charge and is seeking release. Exhibit materials include the original governor's warrant. |
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View Entry | Ex-Parthe H. P. Genter | Hamilton | Habeas Corpus |
Hamilton County Sheriff, W. P. Hays was commanded to arrest H. P. Genter for extradition to Alabama. |
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View Entry | Fred Payne, sheriff, Homer Edmondson & Marion Perkins v. State ex Rel. J. W. Groover | Hamilton | Habeas Corpus |
Cause of Action: petition for habeas corpus, defendant is an alleged fugitive from justice found in TN who allegedly committed the crime of larceny in GA. |
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View Entry | Gertrude Lindauer Fultz v. Cora Fultz, et al. | Claiborne | Habeas Corpus |
Additional Defendant: Birg Fultz. Habeas Corpus proceeding that involved the custody of Edward Andrew Fultz, Jr. |
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View Entry | Henry M. Wills v. Zela E. Wills & John F. Spellings | Gibson | Petition for Habeas Corpus |
Aliases for Zela E. Wills include Zela E. Rinehart and Zela E. Spellings. |
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View Entry | Hubert Adams et al. v. Herbert N. Russell et al. | Knox | Habeas Corpus |
Add. Plaintiffs: Clarence Porter, Merch Walden. Add. Defendants: Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, Thomas P. Gore. |
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View Entry | Henry Fennel v. R. R. Caldwell et al. | Davidson | Petition for Habeas Corpus |
Add def: N. A. Kemper. Pla. was convicted by the Caldwell (judge in the case) of several misdemeanors and ordered to pay fines and costs. Pla. was unable to make payment and sentenced to the county workhouse. T. A. Sykes, Wm. Perkins, and J. P. Rhines then delivered several notes to satisfy plaintiff’s costs and obtain his release. Def. later brought suit against said notes and received judgement. Pla. complained that he was then unlawfully re-arrested and placed in a workhouse to work off the debt. |
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View Entry | J. E. Echols v. E. G. Murrell | Hamilton | Habeas Corpus |
Exhibits: writ of habeas corpus form, appearance bond. |
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View Entry | John Griffin v. State | Davidson | Habeas Corpus |
Plaintiff was convicted of carrying a pistol and fined $50 and court costs. Unable to pay the fine, the Plaintiff was sentenced to the County Workhouse to pay off the debt. The Plaintiff then received a pardon from Tennessee Governor Robert L. Taylor; however, the state contends that the pardon only remitted the $50 fine and not the court costs. Therefore the state continued to hold the Plaintiff in custody. |
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View Entry | J. A. Dickey v. State | Knox | Habeas Corpus |
Case incomplete; brief only. |
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View Entry | John Bedner & George Ramsey v. W. G. Person, Sheriff | Madison | Habeas Corpus |
Plaintiffs claim that they are being held illegally, that they have been charged with no crime. The names of the plaintiffs are different throughout the case record, where they are referred to as J. E. Faltsy (Faltys, Faultsy) and George M. Gilliam. They are managers of a traveling vaudeville show and insist they were arrested under false pretenses and should be released immediately. |
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View Entry | John H. Howe v. State ex rel. William Pyne | Knox | Habeas Corpus | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | J. A. Deming, Chief of Police & the City of Jackson v. Joe Nichols | Madison | Petition for Habeas Corpus |
Defendant was fined $50 on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon, from which judgment he sought an appeal. Defendant failed to pay the fine. |
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View Entry | Luthur Sanders v. State | Knox | Habeas Corpus |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
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View Entry | Margaret North v Micheal Goldman | Grainger | Habeas Corpus |
Plaintiff claimed: April 3, 1849, defendant gained possession of plaintiffs child, Eliza Jane North, under pretense that said child had been bound to him by the court & refused to return her to her mother's custody. Defendant claimed the colored child was indentured to him, the bond a matter of court record. |
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View Entry | Matthew G. Holland v. E. G. Flowers | Carroll | Habeas Corpus |
Writ of habeas corpus alleging that Holland is illegally restrained. |
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View Entry | Mary McCoy v. Mrs. Leland Johnson | Claiborne | Habeas Corpus |
Habeas Corpus proceeding that involved the custody of Burdine McCoy, granddaughter of plaintiff. |
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View Entry | Mary C. Lea v. James M. White | Grainger | Habeas Corpus |
Martha Talbot, free woman of color, was bound in Jefferson County as indentured servant to Willison Talbot, after which he sent her to his widowed daughter Mary Lea in Grainger County, who treated her poorly. Before age 21, Martha married negro man, slave of Jeremiah Jarnagan, by whom she had children Nelson, John, Jane, Lititia, Ann, Martha & infant, also used by Lea as slaves. Jane & Lititia bound to Lea without Martha's consent. White helped Martha get the girls back, all of which led to this lawsuit. |
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View Entry | Oliver Helms, state ex rel. v E.G. Murrell Superintendent of County Workhouse | Hamilton | Habeas Corpus |
E.G. Murrell is Superintendent of the county workhouse. Oliver Helms was sentenced to 90 days in the workhouse for public drunkenness. He states that he was sentenced by a city judge who does not have the right to send him to the county workhouse. |
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View Entry | Paul Shelton v. W. J. Holt, Sheriff | Knox | Petition for Habeas Corpus |
Shelton filed claiming he was being confined illegally on a charge of possession of whiskey. |
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View Entry | R.D. Groves, Superintendent of City Rock Pile v. State ex rel. John H. Betting | Shelby | Habeas Corpus |
The cause is listed as a writ of habeas corpus. John H. Betting claims he was unlawfully held against his will by R.D. Groves and forced to work at the city rock pile to work off a $25 fine for vagrancy. |
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View Entry | Robert Hurst v. John Bunch | Claiborne | Habeas Corpus |
The plaintiff and his now deceased wife had a child that is being illegally detained by the defendant. Plaintiff represented to the court that he is the child's natural guardian and the child should be delivered to him. |
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View Entry | Ray Bryan, Chief of Police v. Paul Langston, Ex Rel. | Hamilton | Habeas Corpus |
Incomplete case file. Langston is charging that he was illegally restrained of his liberty at the police department of the City of Chattanooga. Police claim that he was a fugitive from justice from Georgia. |
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View Entry | State for O. P. Fouts v. M. G. Prince & wife Ninnia Prince | Hamilton | Habeas Corpus |
Oliver Perry Fouts married Ninnia Prince's sister, Jessie & had a son Edwin in 1918. Jessie Johnson Fouts died, & Oliver left Edwin with Ninnia until he could make better arrangements to take care for Edwin. Then Ninnia secretly tried to get legal guardianship of Edwin. Then, O.P. took Edwin & Ninnia charged him with kidnapping. Fouts sued for habeas corpus, so that the Princes would be forced to finally turn over their nephew to his father. |
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View Entry | State ex rel, Mrs. Paul R. Marks v. Dean Ralph Lawrence | Carter | Habeas Corpus |
Plaintiffs claim that Dean lee Lawrence and Clarence Ronald Lawrence (minors) are being held against their will by their uncle, the Defendant. |
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View Entry | State v. Cad Perkins | Williamson | Habeas Corpus |
Prisoner held past the end of their term to serve out a previous prison term. Habeas Corpus granted. |
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View Entry | State ex rel. v. C. J. Herbert | Hamilton | Habeas Corpus |
Additional Cause of Action: Fraud. Habeas petition only. |
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View Entry | State, ex rel. Ralph Davis v. George W. Blackwell | Shelby | Habeas Corpus |
Case file is incomplete; contract only. |
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View Entry | State v. Andrew McDonald | Shelby | Habeas Corpus |
Defendant also fighting charge of vagrancy. McDonald a steam boat mate who had been without work for some time. |
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View Entry | State ex rel. Lewis Wilson v. Fred Payne | Hamilton | Habeas Corpus | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | State ex Rel. Marie Blackwell Hill Ross v. Eric Irvin Hill Jr. | Knox | Habeas Corpus | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | State ex Rel. Phillip Glover v. Hazen Kries sheriff et al. | Knox | Habeas Corpus |
Additional Defendants: Fred Scruggs, deputy. |
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View Entry | State, ex rel Robert Zahnd v. Grady Head | Hamilton | Habeas Corpus |
Plaintiff seeks to avoid extradition to Georgia, petitions for writ of Habeus Corpus. Argues Georgia Warrant not based on affidavit properly filed before a magistrate. Judgment for defendant, upheld on appeal. |
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View Entry | State ex rel. Lawrence Daugherty v. Fred Payne | Hamilton | Habeas Corpus |
Exhibits include arrest warrant, state documents, D |
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View Entry | State ex rel. Velma Loudy v. Earl Sell et al. | Washington | Habeas Corpus |
Plaintiff Holds that her brother, Willie Loudy, was jailed on a writ issued by a juvenile judge, Margaret McCampbell, which is outside the judge's jurisdiction given W. Loudy's age of 26. Add. Defendants: Dave Bowman. |
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View Entry | State ex rel. Alex Culpepper v. Grady Head | Hamilton | Habeas Corpus |
Plaintiff disputes jurisdiction of Defendant to arrest Plaintiff. Defendant Title: Hamilton County Sheriff. |
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View Entry | State ex rel. Hayes Vineyard v. Robert Young | Knox | Habeas Corpus | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | State on Relation of Nick Snider v. J. S. Fite, Superintendent of the Shelby County Workhouse | Habeas Corpus | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | ||
View Entry | State ex. rel. E. B. English, et al. v. Paul E. Sames, et al. | Unicoi | Habeas Corpus |
Additional Plaintiffs: Preda Metcalf English. Additional Defendant: Inez Wing Sams. Complainants sought to overturn the adoption of their son, William McDaniel English, alias Danny English Sams, by the defendants. |
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View Entry | State ex rel Elsworth Johnson v. A. N. Munsey, Sheriff. | Claiborne | Habeas Corpus | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | State ex rel Frank C. York v. Herbert N. Russell | Knox | Habeas Corpus |
Defendant as Warden for Petros Prison. Exhibits: correspondence, parole grant, court documents from The State v. Frank C. York, No. A - 1375 in the criminal court of Knox County. |
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View Entry | State ex rel. L. S. Cannon v. Herbert N. Russell | Knox | Habeas Corpus | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | State ex rel Alvin Murrell v. Hazen Kreis, Sheriff | Knox | Habeas Corpus | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy |