John King

First Name: John
Last Name: King
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
sharp pocket knife
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon thare [sic] oaths they do say. . . Sd John King cut his own [throat/wrist?] with a sharp pocket knife held in his Rite hand as he lay on his face on the ground with the knifes edge to his arm

COD Short Description: 
cut own throat
Original Record: 
2360

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