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Tennessee Supreme Court Cases
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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1885 | State v. The Banner Publishing Co., et al. | Davidson | Libel |
Additional Defendants: A. S. Sandis, Jr., G. H. Baskette. "The Nashville Banner" published that the State prison's dead were inhumanely bartered to medical colleges instead of properly buried. The alleged libelous statements concerned the conduct of James E. Carter, Superintendent of the Penitentiary of the State, F. S. Harris, Warden, Deering J. Roberts, Physician of Penitentiary. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 570 | 1 | Order A Copy |