Lake County, Tennessee Circuit Court Minutes March 1892 - March 1895
There are numerous lists of jurymen, long lists of indictments (but few convictions) for assorted criminal activities, most often carrying pistols or brass knuckles, selling liquor without a license, or gaming. There are also more serious crimes like burglary, shooing a cow, forgery, robbery, keeping a house of ill fame, and quite a few murders. This book of records is much more about crimes than any other type of court procedures.
Frequently-occurring surnames: Bryant, Burrus, Davis, Downing, Everett, Harris, Hill, Killion, Lewis, McGloughlin, Oaks, Osborn, Powers, Shaw, Swiggort, Terrell, Turnage, Underwood, Williams.
373 pages, indexed.
There are numerous lists of jurymen, long lists of indictments (but few convictions) for assorted criminal activities, most often carrying pistols or brass knuckles, selling liquor without a license, or gaming. There are also more serious crimes like burglary, shooing a cow, forgery, robbery, keeping a house of ill fame, and quite a few murders. This book of records is much more about crimes than any other type of court procedures.
Frequently-occurring surnames: Bryant, Burrus, Davis, Downing, Everett, Harris, Hill, Killion, Lewis, McGloughlin, Oaks, Osborn, Powers, Shaw, Swiggort, Terrell, Turnage, Underwood, Williams.
373 pages, indexed.