State v. Pryor L. Harbison

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Supreme Court Case Name: 
State v. Pryor L. Harbison
Case Date: 
1855
Court Origin: 
Circuit - Criminal
Cause/Crime: 
Other

Database - TN Research:

County:

  • Knox
Division: 
East
Number of Pages: 
9
Notes / Description: 

Cause of action: public obscenity. For publicly singing "a black guard song, very vulgar" and making a lewd comment about the wife of one Thomas W. Kearnes. William G. Brownlow was one of the grand jurors.