Hugh Barkley

First Name: Hugh
Last Name: Barkley
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that according to the evidence adduced to them the said Hugh Barkley came to his death by a wound inflicted on him with a dirk or knife by Baby Flemming on the left side above the Pubis which we suppose cut the spermatic[?] artery & caused the effusion of blood into the scrotum

COD Short Description: 
stab wound to the pubic area
Original Record: 
4596

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