The State vs. the Dead Body of John Thomas

Date: 
October 6, 1852

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that they think he much intoxicated, and in attempting to crop[?] the River fell off on a rock under the Bridge broke his skull and so stunned him that he was immediately drowned

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
M.S.D.

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Line Creek

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

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