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Charged along w/ Creed Taylor, Nathan Nelson, George Croft, & Robert Wright. For disturbing worship services of the Morristown Methodist Episcopal Church South by "...Whispering, talking Laughing Scoffing Walking about making a loud noise Jesturing [sic] and other wrongs..."

Chamberlain & Albers tried to conduct a dray business, and were probably employed as teamsters. However, Knoxville had strict rules about taxes imposed upon draymen, and required licenses of them. The defendants were charge with running a pharmaceutical service without a license. Case includes extensive and broad list of all industries requiring such a license.

John Coker, alias Floyd, was charged with disorderly conduct/aiding and abetting by his presence and dancing with a prostitute at the house of Mary Oakes on Mabry Street and causing a general disturbance to the neighbors.

Opinion only.

The mayor and aldermen of Knoxville charged Lukowski with disturbing the peace by assaulting and beating Frank Grechoweiz at the house of Mrs. Soboloskie at the corner of High & Church St.

The plaintiff is accused of disturbing the peace by attempting to shoot J. McMillan. The plaintiff is appealing the case.

Assignment of errors of law. Swink originally charged with violating municipal ordinance against "profane language & boisterous conduct" on 27 April 1889. Offenses took place in Henry Blackburn's saloon & other places about town.

Defendant was accused of disturbing public worship by noise, profanity, and indecent behavior.

Official charge is "obscenity." Additional parties: Amanda J. Jones

Disturbance during a spelling match at a school house.

Defendant is charged with giving whiskey to a slave without his owner's permission.

Additional Defendants: Charlie Madden, Tom R., and B. Brown.

The defendants were accused of indecent conduct toward the school directors during a school exercise in Obion County.

State charged the defendant with disturbing an educational and literary meeting at Hally Spring's College with noise and rude and indecent behavior. The circuit court jury found him guilty and ordered he pay $20 and cost of suit.

Defendant accused of interrupting a congregation of Methodists assembled to worship by "talking, cussing and swearing with a loud voice" and so disturbing public worship, said disturbance to be "against good morals" & "in contempt of religion." Transcript notes that one potential witness, William King, was "objected to as incompetent being of mixed blood." Also, judge told jury all that was necessary to constitute a disturbance was that 1 individual be disturbed, not entire congregation.

The defendant failed to keep his slaves clothed in the public view. The state states that what should have been concealed was publicly imposed the good people of the state.

Plaintiff is accused of disturbing worship in Lasea Church in Maury County by making loud noise and behaving in a way that was indecent and profane.

The State claims that the defendant did unlawfully run a horse race on a public road against the peace and dignity of the State.

Add. Def: Elbert Dyer, Carl Bernard, and Jim Atkins. This is an appeal by the State from an order sustaining a motion to quash. Def. are accused of disrupting a religious worship by loud and indecent talk, and throwing mud balls.

The defendant is accused of entering a church and disrupting worship by speaking and shaking hands with members of the congregation. Witnesses note that the defendant was noticeably intoxicated at the time of the disruption.

Jack Anderson was charged with disturbing religious worship services by using "pofane discourse" and having "rude and indecent behavior."