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View Entry Bart Doyle, In Error v. State Knox Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock

Cause: Felonious Assault. Incident of 26 November 1891 (Thanksgiving Day), assault of W. T. Bower with a rock with intent to commit murder in the first degree.

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View Entry Charles W. Cook& Marlie Shelby v. State Knox Assault with Intent to Kill

Technically, the cause of action is "Assault with Intent to Commit Voluntary Manslaughter. Case file is incomplete; opinion only.

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View Entry Eagle Pilky v. State Knox Assault with Intent to Kill

Victim: Vestal Pridemore.

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View Entry Floyd Bruce v. State Knox Assault with Intent to Kill

Case incomplete; opinion only.

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View Entry John Mickels v. State Knox Assault with Intent to Kill

Dissenting opinion only. Written by "Judge Nelson". Victim is not identified. Date is unknown.

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View Entry J. C. Thompson v. State Knox Assault with Intent to Kill

Victim: G. Ray Cockran.

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View Entry John Mickley v. State Knox Assault with Intent to Kill

Victim: William Merres

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View Entry J. C. Fuller v. State Knox Assault with Intent to Kill

Fuller was tried and found guilty of assaulting John C. Cox and attempting to commit voluntary manslaughter. An argument took place when Cox's friends Wright and Davis forced Fuller off the road--Fuller admitted that his car was undamaged, but that the incident did "irreparable injury to his feelings." Fuller pursued the two, but they cut him off again. By then Fuller was so agitated that he "applied to the occupants of the Ford an epithet suggesting canine maternal ancestry."

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View Entry Lark Brummett, In Error v. State Knox Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock

Cause: Felonious assault. Incident of 20 Jan. 1892, plaintiff along with William Brummett, John Hunter, Charles Warrick, & Charles Lyle "unlawfully, willfully, maliciously, deliberately, premeditatedly, and of their malice aforethought, an assault did make upon the bodies of J. A. Coffman, C. E. Donaldson, J. P. Coffman, Link Williams, and Charles D. Fagala with certain deadly weapons, to wit: knives, clubs, rocks, & brickbats … with the intent .. to commit murder in the first degree.. "

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View Entry Pleas Jackson v. State Knox Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock

Jackson was on trial for attacking Henry Glass with a pistol loaded with powder and a lead ball. Jackson shot and wounded Glass.

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View Entry Roy Bruce v. State Knox Assault with Intent to Kill

Case incomplete; opinion only.

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View Entry State v. George Carter Knox Assault with Intent to Kill

Rush Pate also listed as a defendant. Victim: Guilford Loney.

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View Entry State v. James Householder and Frank Davis Knox Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock

The two defendants were charged with felonious assault against Ebb Clapp. They had attempted to rob him at gunpoint. They ended up shooting off their guns and harming people in the crowd.

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View Entry State v. W. W. Anderson Knox Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock

The name of the victim in this case was Ralph King, a deputy sheriff of Knox County.

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View Entry William Bradford v. State Knox Assault with Intent to Kill

Case incomplete; opinion only.

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