The State vs. the Dead Body of Moses

Mr. Webb ordered him to stop or he would shoot him. The negro said shoot and be damned. The boy continued running....

Date:

April 10, 1844

Deceased

Moses

Description:

Slave

Sex:

Male

Race:

Black

Slave Status:

Enslaved

Owner:

Clayton Webb

COD Category:

Homicide

COD:

Firearm

COD Method/Implement:

shotgun

COD Inquest Finding:

do say that Moses died?we are of the opinion that Sd Moses came to his death by a wound that we have seen below the back bone of the rightshoulder inclining to the right nipple rather downward made by a leaden ball or buck shot shot out of a double barrell gun...by Clayton Webb the owner of Moses