The State vs. the Dead Body of Unknown male

Date: 
August 28, 1866

Deceased

Unknown male
Description: 
Unknown male
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon [???] says of the body of a [calico?] [person?] there by [???] dead and how he came to his death Foul [page rip] [????] as yor'e well aware the [Consequences?] of your peril

Coroner

Coroner: 
James Powell
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the old tool house
County: 
Chesterfield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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Transcription: 

[No witness testimonies]

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