hiː wʌzɐ dʒˈʌdʒ ʌvðə tˌɛnəsˈiː suːpɹˈiːm kˈoːɹt ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɛvən ænd wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti ˈeɪt, wˈʌn ʌvðə dʒˈʌdʒᵻz sˈɜːvɪŋ ɔnðə hˈaɪli pˈɑːɹɾɪsən "ɐpˈɑːkɹɪfəl" kˈoːɹt, wˌɪtʃ wʌz ɪn plˈeɪs ɪn tˌɛnəsˈiː bᵻtwˌiːn ðɪ ˈɛnd ʌvðɪ ɐmˈɛɹɪkən sˈɪvəl wˈɔːɹ ænd ðɪ ɛnˈæktmənt ʌvðə kˌɑːnstɪtˈuːʃən ʌv wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti.
He was a judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court in 1867 and 1868, one of the judges serving on the highly partisan "apocryphal" court, which was in place in Tennessee between the end of the American Civil War and the enactment of the Constitution of 1870.