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View Entry | Audry Collins, Pat Collins, Edward Greene, Jack Lane v. State | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Victim: A. L. Rawlings. County: Unknown. |
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View Entry | Bob Thurman v. State | Rhea | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
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View Entry | Burk Milum (col.) v. State | Lincoln | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Plaintiff in error is accused of attempting to rape Alma Hicks, daughter of Lewis Hicks, the plaintiff's employer. Lewis Hicks claims he entered his home to find the plaintiff assaulting his daughter. The plaintiff claim it was Alma who initiated the interaction. |
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View Entry | Charles Wallace v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
2 Folders. |
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View Entry | Clarence Roland v. State | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Victim: Nell Conroy; plaintiff in error case; |
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View Entry | D. B. Plumlee, Jr. v. State | Overton | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Additional parties: J. C. Copeland, Mrs. A. V. Harris, T. B. Ogletree. |
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View Entry | Ed Cantrell v. State | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Attempted rape of Bobbie Latham. Statutory |
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View Entry | Elias Curry v. State | Madison | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Indictment. |
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View Entry | Edward Isaacs v. State | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Amanda Hudson was in her home when a described Negro man came into her kitchen and tried to grab her. She and her children ran outside, grabbed rocks and sticks, and beat the man until he ran away when he saw a neighbor coming with a shotgun. He was apprehended 4 miles away. Defense claims the police arrested the wrong man because they lost the actual perpetrator. |
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View Entry | Elwood Lyons, et al. v. State | Unicoi | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Victim: Otha Daugherty. Additional Plaintiffs: Kyle Collins and Charles Loveless. |
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View Entry | Fred Vickers v. State | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Fred Vickers was charged with assault with intent to commit rape and sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary. He assaulted one Florence Orr. 2 folders. |
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View Entry | Henry Crumpton v. State | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Henry Crumpton was charged with the assault and attempted rape of a woman named Bertha Hester. |
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View Entry | Homer Bowling v. State | Scott | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Homer Bowling is charged with assault with the intent to rape a 69 year old woman by the name of Sylvania Newport….what makes this case unusual is that she is also the step grandmother of Homer Bowling. He was given a sentence of one year in prison. Homer Bowling claims that his step grandmother was trying to rummage through his pockets while he slept and when he woke up she had his dollar and was tucking it in her shirt. That is why he said he attacked her. He said he had no intention of raping her. |
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View Entry | Huntley May v. State | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
2 folders. The suit charges that Huntley May "did unlawfully feloniously violently and forcibly" made an "assault and battery on the person of Ruby Bratten, a female, with intent to commit rape" on January 3, 1915. |
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View Entry | James W. Foster, in error v. State | McMinn | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Foster was accused of attempting to kill William T. Wattenbarger. He hid in the bushes in broad daylight while Wattenbarger approached on the road. The defense argued that the jury was coerced in its decision. The main evidence was a pair of shoes worn by Foster the day of the shooting, and the tracks they made in the freshly plowed soil of the corn field. |
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View Entry | Jesse& Earnest Manus v. State | Cannon | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
The victim: James St. John of Cannon County. |
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View Entry | Jim Hop Hickey v. State | Putnam | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Additional parties: Lizzie Sullivan |
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View Entry | James Oldham v. State | Haywood | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Assaulted John Shaw with a knife & razor with the intent to commit murder in the second degree. Order to dismiss the appeal from the Haywood circuit court. Oldham's lawyer had an application for pardon signed by the judge & attorney general. It is not known whether the court was a civil or criminal one. |
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View Entry | John Turner v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Made an assault upon Irene Owenby with the intention of forcibly having carnal knowledge w/her. In a motion for a new trial, E. R. Mynatt brought new evidence of the physical impossibility of committing rape in the coal truck cab. Owenby claimed she was walking home from the Appalachian Mills when defendant stopped and said, "Sweetheart you are going w/me." Evidence includes a swatch of plaid cloth and what looks to be the second page of a letter. |
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View Entry | Joe Exum v. State | Madison | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Victim: Mrs. Cora Ellison. Exum is also charged with breaking and entering Mrs. Ellison's house. |
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View Entry | J. A. Williams v. State | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Kenneth Hackney v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
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View Entry | Kenneth Lawson v. State | Scott | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Victim: Rue Kennedy. |
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View Entry | Lon Wyrick, alias Lon Sharp v. State | Union | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
For assault & attempted rape of Mandie Wallace "a female under 10 years of age..." |
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View Entry | Major, a slave v. State | Putnam | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Defendant is referred to as "Nig" throughout the file. |
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View Entry | Mrs. May Stewart v. Ben Whitson | Dyer | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Whitson was charged with breaking into the Stewart home, lying in bed with Mrs. Stewart, lifting her night dress, and placing his hand between her thighs. May is also listed as Mary in some of the court documents. Housed in 2 folders. |
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View Entry | Oscar Naylor v. State | McNairy | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Case went to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Victim: J. E. "Lizzie" Brown. |
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View Entry | Rich Floyd v. State | Lauderdale | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Richard Floyd originally charged with assault with intent to commit rape on Laura Dickson on 3 Oct. 1906. Laura Dickson African American, age 12; Richard Floyd Caucasian, about 30, with wife & 1 child. Mentioned in case: Rhoda Wortham, mother of Laura Dickson & Lee Wortham, her stepfather. |
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View Entry | R. M. Hodges v. State | Montgomery | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | State v. George Smith | Franklin | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
George Smith was African American. Victim: Sun Landers. |
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View Entry | State v. Bill, a slave | Lincoln | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Official charge is "Assault and Battery with Intent to Commit Rape." Defendant is a slave, and is referred to only as "Bill" in the case. The alleged victim is referred to only as "a free white woman." |
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View Entry | State v. Aaron M. Knight | Haywood | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Victim was Julia Rogers. The defendant and victim both African American. |
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View Entry | State v. James Moore et al. | Benton | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Additional Defendants: Ethridge Moore, Stephen Townsend, Henry Coble, James Townsend, William Williams, and Lish Townsend. The defendants were charged with assaulting a woman named Mary F. Townsend. |
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View Entry | State v. Walker Austin | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
The exact charge is assault with intent to rape a child under 10 years old. The little girl later needed to be treated for gonorrhea, which Austin admitted to having picked up at a fair. There is additional testimony that the child's mother frequently beat her violently. |
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View Entry | State v. Thomas Harrison | Warren | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | State v. Junior Bell (col.) | Hardin | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | State v. Daniel Parker | McNairy | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
The defendant was African-American. The victim's name was Annie R. Kelsey. |
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View Entry | State v. Lester Shirley | Hamilton | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Verdict: Guilty, affirmed on appeal to Supreme Court. |
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View Entry | State v. Vickie Burns | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Victim: Maggie Bridgeforth |
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View Entry | State v. Calvin Lee | Weakley | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
The victim in this case was Cora Hornsby of Dresden, Tennessee. |
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View Entry | State v. Irvin Hill, alias Irvin Reed | Madison | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Defendant's name is also spelled as Erv Hill, Eve Hill, Erve Reid, and Eve Reid. The victim was a 15-year-old girl named Georgie Ann Bradley, and the rape is said to have occurred in either Wilson or Williamson County, Tennessee. |
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View Entry | State v. Ewin Lake | Claiborne | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Victim: Serena Williams, daughter of George Williams. |
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View Entry | 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". |
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View Entry | State v. Miles Thompson | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Victim: J. B. Moody |
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View Entry | State v. Kenneth Hackney | Knox | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Victim: Elizabeth McElroy. |
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View Entry | State v. Jim Bogle | Carroll | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Actual charge listed is "assault and battery with intent to commit rape." The victim was Fredonia Sydnor, described as "enceinte" (pregnant) at the time of the assault. |
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View Entry | State v. Versa Mosley | Weakley | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Defendant is accused of assault and battery on a female, Dora Dunlap (22), with the intent "forcibly and against her will [to] carnally know and have sexual intercourse with said female." |
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View Entry | State v. William Kirby | McMinn | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Incomplete case file. |
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View Entry | State v. Solomon Brewer | Hardin | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
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View Entry | State v. Henry Bell | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
The victim's name in this case was Mary Jane Brown (age twelve). The defendant was African-American. |
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