The State vs. the Dead Body of Robert Butler

he was on the large cog wheel [?] and was caught by the handle[?] head and was crushed to death

Date: 
July 12, 1868

Deceased

Robert Butler
Description: 
boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Injuries
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that he came to his death accidentally by being cought in the gearney of a thrashing[?] [?]

Coroner

Coroner: 
Henry M. Smith
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Robert Butler's
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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