The State vs. the Dead Body of Infant of Dissie Adams

Date: 
May 5, 1912

Deceased

Infant of Dissie Adams
Description: 
Infant of Dissie Adams
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Childbirth
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths, do say: He came to his death from natural cause in feble condition after birth

Coroner

Coroner: 
H. T. Atkinson
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at W. C. Adams place
County: 
Chesterfield County, SC

Source

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

Albrins Adams Sworn Says the Baby died the night it come She come to the window Aunt Jan did and told me she did not think the bay would live until morning. When I lay down about 9 o'clock Dessie called me and said she believed the baby was dead . . .

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