The State vs. the Dead Body of Infant child of Susanah Finny

Date: 
June 8, 1821

Deceased

Infant child of Susanah Finny
Description: 
Infant child of Susanah Finny
Sex: 
Unknown
Race: 
White
Parent(s): 
Susanah Finny
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Infanticide
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths, and so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oaths aforesaid, say that the aforesaid infant Child the aforesaid Susannah Finny, then and there feloniously Did kill and murder, against the peace of this State.

Coroner

Coroner: 
William Foley
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the House of Mary Holland
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Susanah Finny
Inquest Images: 
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